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Hong Kong to launch citywide scaffolding inspections after Kai Tak collapse
Labour minister makes pledge just hours before another industrial accident in Lam Tin in which rolling shovel truck causes three injuries.
14 Jan 2025 - 10:58PM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
All Hong Kong schools should be required to join flu vaccine scheme: expert
13 Jan 2025 - 8:07PM
Hong Kong children
90% of Hong Kong pupils failing to get 60 minutes of daily exercise: study
11 Jan 2025 - 10:06PM
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Education in Hong Kong
Education University of Hong Kong puts non-local students on notice over visas
University finds more than 900 students from outside city failed to submit visa information as required.
11 Jan 2025 - 7:44AM
EdU has said it will create a task force to review the mechanism for reminding students to submit visa information in a timely manner after a recent check uncovered the scale of the problem. Photo: EdUHK
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong health officials take aim at 168 schools for not joining flu jab drive
Official urges members of the public to get vaccinated as surveillance data shows Hong Kong has entered the flu season.
10 Jan 2025 - 4:58PM
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Education in Hong Kong
Better chance for Hong Kong children to enter popular primary schools this year
There are fewer applicants and an average 13 per cent more Primary One vacancies across districts in central allocation phase this year.
8 Jan 2025 - 5:57PM
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Education in Hong Kong
Dennis Lo takes over Chinese University of Hong Kong, vows to boost global standing
‘We are committed to enhancing the international standing of CUHK and make efforts in teaching, research, service and innovation,’ Professor Dennis Lo says.
8 Jan 2025 - 8:15PM
Scientist Dennis Lo took office as the ninth CUHK president on Tuesday. Photo: Eugene Lee
Education in Hong Kong
Teachers must embrace AI, founder of Hong Kong-based philanthropic foundation says
Tencent co-founder Charles Chen Yidan calls on educators to explore how AI can improve not only learning but also their own skills.
7 Jan 2025 - 9:49PM
Education in Hong Kong
3 aid workers win top Hong Kong-based award for improving education in war zones
War Child Alliance wins HK$30 million Yidan Prize and plans to expand educational games programme to over a million pupils in five years.
6 Jan 2025 - 9:30AM
Education in Hong Kong
Outgoing CUHK head to focus on medical research, remain involved in academia
Rocky Tuan also cites navigating the Covid-19 pandemic as one of the most unforgettable experiences during his tenure.
2 Jan 2025 - 7:11PM
Hong Kong society
Fraser Stoddart, Nobel laureate and professor at University of Hong Kong, dies
Stoddart, who was 82, won Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2016 and joined department of chemistry last year.
31 Dec 2024 - 6:17PM
Professor Fraser Stoddart at the HKU campus in in Pok Fu Lam last year. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Education in Hong Kong
Hong Kong earmarks site for campus expansion of self-financing institutions
1,210 square metre plot is currently a public car park near the former campus owned by the operator of the city’s first Catholic university.
30 Dec 2024 - 11:52PM
Education in Hong Kong
Hong Kong schools to receive HK$400,000 to boost English and Mandarin learning
Funds aimed at improving students’ self-learning and will cover academic years to 2027.
27 Dec 2024 - 7:19PM
Education in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Han Academy says teacher salaries in jeopardy in appeal for aid
Founding supervisor says school has run out of money in letter seeking help on social media.
20 Dec 2024 - 7:59PM
Education in Hong Kong
Hong Kong police arrest 25 people in 3 years over university entry fraud cases
Security Bureau says suspects used false academic qualifications to apply for universities in Hong Kong.
18 Dec 2024 - 8:03PM
The University of Hong Kong’s business school said in July that about 30 students were found to have used fabricated documents to enrol. Photo: Sam Tsang
Education in Hong Kong
Hong Kong students to learn about Chinese science feats in subject revamp plan
Draft of updated junior secondary subject aims to help students ‘recognise’ country’s contributions to science, space exploration.
17 Dec 2024 - 8:53PM
Education in Hong Kong
Hong Kong NGO warns of pupil suicide rise after logging 10 cases amid term start
NGO says tally marks rise from six logged from mid-August to September of 2023, as authorities report drop in suspected cases over longer period.
15 Dec 2024 - 4:14PM
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Hongkongers in England, Wales extend record birth numbers under BN(O) scheme
Hongkongers had 2,129 babies last year in England and Wales, even as birth numbers hit nearly 50-year low in their new homes.
15 Dec 2024 - 6:40PM
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Tower Bridge in London. High childcare costs present significant barriers to entering the workforce, according to a think tank’s report on Hongkongers settling in the UK. Photo: EPA-EFE
Education in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s debt-hit Han Academy seeks investors to keep school running
With school in a dire financial position, founding supervisor says she has held discussions with more than one investor.
13 Dec 2024 - 11:22PM
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Hong Kong lawmakers say private schools should be required to disclose finances
Lawmakers say change needed after indebted Han Academy fails to refund at least HK$6.2 million worth of debentures to parents.
12 Dec 2024 - 11:50PM
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Education in Hong Kong
Hong Kong police look into claims school owes parents HK$5.8 million
Lawmaker says Han Academy is HK$100 million in debt, as school told to halt capital levy charges on parents.
11 Dec 2024 - 11:01PM
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