Since the early twentieth century, Hong Kong has always been an important venue for Cantonese opera development. After 1949, as a result of political turmoil in the Mainland, performers and troupes converged and resettled in the territory, leading to a tremendous prospering of Cantonese opera in the subsequent decade. This development is linked intimately with the rise of the electronic media.
Performers and troupes began to grasp the possibilities offered by film and radio to re-examine age-old performance practices with regard to acting, singing, script writing, instrumentation, and stage set-up. They brought in novel elements from the theatre and movie world, and participated in the production of films and records. With these acts, they are extending the movement to modernize Cantonese opera that began in the 1930s.
Wong Jum-sum was thoroughly immersed in the world of Cantonese opera from young. Through his close encounter with master performers like Hung Sin-nui, Ma Si-tsang, Yam Kim-fai, Pak Suet-sin and Tong Dik-sang, he witnessed first hand the modernization of Cantonese opera, and was mightily moved by the adventure and passion he saw.
作曲：Eldo Di Lazzaro
作詞：胡文森
主唱：鄭君綿、鄧寄塵、李寶瑩
鄭：有你答應供書教學
嘻哈哈歡天喜地
李：有你答應供書教學
心中歡快樂何如
鄧：讀書會教你識字
研究學術日新奇
鄭：智識增加更增學問共機智
李：人人要學識字
鄧：人人要學禮儀
合：勤學有可恃
我有技能 你有技能 佢有技能
處世更易
李：人人博學多藝
鄧：何愁無發達之時
合：勤學更專志
我有技能 你有技能 佢有技能
易謀生計
李：迎人快活春日
鄭：人人正讀書時
合：無限喜氣
我去學堂 你去學堂 佢去學堂
分班結隊
合：同學快活相聚
聯群上學之時 求學要專志
快去莫遲 快去莫遲 快去莫遲
共同一致
