Developed by the Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies of CUHK and sponsored by the Labour and Welfare Bureau of the HKSAR Government, the online database ‘Hong Kong Sign Language Browser’ was launched on 23 January.

Each of the 1,100 Chinese entries in the database, covering a range of topics in medical, legal, technological and educational fields, is accompanied by detailed description, including its origin and usage, and video clips demonstrating the different hand gestures used by the deaf communities to express the same vocabulary. The database is an archive of Hong Kong sign language, and helps to promote sign linguistics and offer better support to the deaf and promote social inclusion.