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April 23, 2012

Straits Times: Asians filling up churches in Australia

by Jonathan Pearlman
The Straits Times

SYDNEY: Every Sunday, Mr Bernard Wong turns up at a red-brick church near the centre of Sydney, which offers him a choice of services conducted in English, Cantonese or Mandarin.

Mr Wong, more often than not, ends up settling for a combination. Though born in Australia and raised to speak Cantonese, he chooses the 45-minute Mandarin service to try to improve his speaking skills, and then switches to the one in English.

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