Three reports present identification and analysis findings on a business language program offered at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for the learning of French, German, and Japanese, sponsored by the Department of English. The goal was to teach students the languages so that they may function in foreign company representative offices in Hong Kong. This report offers findings from three summer staff persons on the need for the language training, based on local surveys and actual overseas experience. One staff member reports on work in a French hypermarket chain in France. A second staff member discusses a survey conducted with German companies located in Hong Kong to discover German communication skills needed in Hong Kong; a report of a summer internship in a German mailorder company in Germany is also given. The third report is on the experience in five workplaces in Japan. In conclusion, the need for such a business and language program in Hong Kong is confirmed, and five areas are cited as being most important for review and investigation in order to help students succeed in attaining the working level in their third language that is expected in the workplace. (NAV)