HBL was founded after a chance meeting between the Founders Dr. Chaak Ming Lau, a Hong Kong linguist and Viveik Saigal, a beginner student of Cantonese. During discussions, the need was identified for; 1) A more accurate font for Yale and Jyutping Romanisation. 2) A graded scale for Cantonese to systematically study the language and plan teaching materials. 3) Graded Readers in Cantonese and ...