There are a number of recent research regarding some distinctive features of phonology of Hong Kong English (HKE). They are mainly conducted by the following researchers: Bolton and Kwok, 2000; Peng and Setter, 2000; Hung, 2002 . The findings indicate the existence of a “Hong Kong English” with systematic features of its own. According to Hung, the phonemics inventory of HKE is somehow a simplified version of the British Received Pronunciation with some influence of Cantonese.
Accordingly, the phonology study on Hong Kong learners mostly are mostly on the error analysis. Learners are prompted to phonological errors. The studies were conducted at different phases and under different tasks or specifications imposed on them. The findings include the substitution of /n/ for initial /l/, or /w/ for /v/ (Luke and Richards, 1998 cited in Hung, 2002:120) and the deletion of alveolar stops in consonants clusters in specific morphophonemic context (Peng and Setter, 2002 cited in Hung, 2002:120).
