One of the main jobs of the Hong Kong Alpha office is to produce Chinese Alpha resources. We translate, design and produce all the Chinese resources, in order to bring Alpha to the Chinese community in Hong Kong, Taiwan, some Asian countries and the Chinese churches all around the world. If you want to order from us, please download an Order Form.

Prices for Alpha resources have been updated as of December 1, 2010. Thank you for your continued support.

 

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Setting up Alpha

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Promoting Alpha

Running Alpha

Youth & Students Alpha

Alpha for Prisons

Follow-up to Alpha

Worship on Alpha

Discipleship Resources

Dynamic Prayer

Relationships
(The Marriage Course, The Marriage Preparation Course)

The Parenting Course [New]

7 Most Frequently Asked Questions

Recommended Reading

 

Some helpful hints in understanding Chinese: the spoken and written forms as used around the major areas of the world

Area	Speaking		Written
	Mandarin/ Putonghua	Cantonese	Traditional	Simplified
Mainland China (official & thruout)	Putonghua	---	---	Simplified
Mainland China (Guangzhou)	Putonghua	Cantonese	---	Simplified
Hong Kong	Putonghua	Cantonese	Traditional	---
Taiwan	Mandarin	Hokkien	Traditional	---
Singapore	Mandarin	Hokkien	---	Simplified
Overseas Chinese	Putonghua	Cantonese	Traditional	Simplified

What is a VCD?

VCD stands for "Video Compact Disc" and basically it is a CD that contains moving pictures and sound. A VCD can be played on: Standalone VCD Players (very common in Asia); almost all standalone DVD players; on all computers with a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM's with a software VCD/MPG Player. (Note: This is probably not on all computers and would require a download or purchase of software.)

The quality of a very good VCD player is about the same as a VHS tape based movie but VCD is usually a bit more blurry. Some churches in North America who work in/with China a lot will have these and be familiar with them.

For dual track it requires users to be able to control left vs. right side speakers. On this VCD one side plays Cantonese, one plays Mandarin. On a VCD player this is simple to change. On DVD the user has to go to the back of the DVD and unplug the side of the speakers they do not wish to hear (typically there are 4 audio plugs on the back of the DVD; 2 left, 2 right) so they do not hear both audio tracks at once. If you wish more information on this technology please go to: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/vcd.htm#more.