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We have selected eight stories from our coverage of Hong Kong’s Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) examinations. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. ‘Feels like magic’: Hong Kong’s DSE top scorers revel in results – as it happened

2. Hong Kong’s DSE stars praise power of AI, eye local medical degrees
3. Hong Kong DSE 14 years in: best subjects, worst performers and top schools

4. ‘Less stressful’: why mainland Chinese pupils choose Hong Kong’s DSE over gaokao

5. Why do non-local students take the DSE in Hong Kong and how competitive is it?
6. Beyond language barriers: ethnic minority students shine in Hong Kong DSE tests

7. Many top scorers in Hong Kong DSE used AI to boost their preparations
8. Super scorers in Hong Kong’s DSE exams share the secrets of their success


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Hong Kong DSE exams: everything you need to know, from top performers to AI’s role

Wang Haibo, a student from the Hong Kong Chinese Women’s Club College, is this year’s DSE “ultimate top scorer”. Photo: May Tse

Queen’s College students react to getting their DSE results. Photo: Eugene Lee

Students from La Salle College in Kowloon Tong react to getting their results. Photo: Sun Yeung

A DSE Chinese language examination is held at the Hong Kong Teachers’ Association Lee Heng Kwei Secondary School in Tai Po. Photo: Handout

Smriti Kedia says she is planning to study medicine. Photo: Sun Yeung

Hong Kong DSE record as 16 students achieve perfect scores

All DSE candidates will receive their results on Wednesday. Photo: Handout

Professor Wei Xiangdong says the number of top scorers is a DSE record. Photo: May Tse

Why are more Hong Kong pupils opting for IB programme over DSE?

Wah Yan College student Hui Ka-kiu (left) and Island School student Vijay Narayanan, have taken the DSE and IB routes, respectively. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Dion Chen, chairman of the Hong Kong Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools Council, says more DSS schools have launched different international curricula over the past decade. Photo: Edmond So

The number of IB students in the city has jumped by nearly 20 per cent over the past five years, with more preferring its ‘creative’ curriculum over the DSE. Photo: Handout

US, China ‘creeping’ towards deal; brain drain a ‘loss’ for America: SCMP daily highlights

An Airbus A321 is assembled at the company’s facility in north China’s Tianjin. Photo: Xinhua

Former US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns told a US security forum that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was “impressive” in his discussions with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng and that the US must be “tough-minded” in negotiations with China. Photo: AP


Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s co-founder and CEO, delivers a speech at the Computex exhibition in Taipei in May. Photo: AP

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

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From top scorers to how it compares with mainland China’s gaokao, here’s everything you need to know about Hong Kong’s university entrance exams


From top scorers to how it compares with mainland China’s gaokao, here’s everything you need to know about Hong Kong’s university entrance exams.


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Hong Kong DSE exams: everything you need to know, from top performers to AI’s role

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From top scorers to how it compares with mainland China’s gaokao, here’s everything you need to know about Hong Kong’s university entrance exams

1. ‘Feels like magic’: Hong Kong’s DSE top scorers revel in results – as it happened

2. Hong Kong’s DSE stars praise power of AI, eye local medical degrees

3. Hong Kong DSE 14 years in: best subjects, worst performers and top schools

4. ‘Less stressful’: why mainland Chinese pupils choose Hong Kong’s DSE over gaokao

From top scorers to how it compares with mainland China’s gaokao, here’s everything you need to know about Hong Kong’s university entrance exams