https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/521823/feed The latest news and top stories on St Paul’s Co-educational College. A prominent Hong Kong-based Anglican secondary school, St Paul’s Co-educational College is an elite Direct Subsidy Scheme institution dedicated to nurturing future leaders with a culture of excellence, high moral values, and a global perspective. Established in 1915 as Hong Kong’s first co-educational school, it offers parallel HKDSE and IBDP curricula, focusing on academic rigour and whole-person development. Renowned for... en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Alexander Mak Alexander Mak Since 1918, when St Paul’s Girls’ College (now St Paul’s Co-educational College) became the first Hong Kong school to introduce a mandatory dress code – a qipao top with matching trousers or skirt, to build a unified identity – school uniforms have become a highly visible facet of the city’s cultural identity. Uniforms became mandatory in virtually all primary and secondary schools after the second world war, when a massive wave of migrants from mainland China caused student enrolment to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/postmag/culture/article/3369177/pictures-evolution-school-uniforms-hong-kong https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/postmag/culture/article/3369177/pictures-evolution-school-uniforms-hong-kong Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:30:10 +0000 Lo Hoi-ying Lo Hoi-ying Hong Kong’s private, semi-private and international schools have been given the green light to raise tuition fees by an average of 4.75 per cent, 4.07 per cent and 4 per cent, respectively. The Education Bureau said on Tuesday it had received applications from 185 schools as of August 31 to adjust tuition fees for the 2026-27 academic year. They comprised 49 semi-private schools under the government’s Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS), 74 private schools and 62 international ones. One application from... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3369957/hong-kong-approves-average-fee-hikes-475-cent-non-public-schools https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3369957/hong-kong-approves-average-fee-hikes-475-cent-non-public-schools Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:18:10 +0000 Veronica Qi Veronica Qi Top scorers who have secured places at the University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) medical school have expressed a desire to pursue both clinical care and medical research, with one student, inspired by her doctor, saying she wants to pass on “hope and courage” to society. Their comments followed the release of the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (Jupas) results on Wednesday. About 34 per cent of students who applied through the university admissions system secured tertiary education... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3363046/saved-baby-hku-medical-newbie-aims-pass-hope-and-courage-society https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3363046/saved-baby-hku-medical-newbie-aims-pass-hope-and-courage-society Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:13:37 +0000 Kelly Fung,Kristen Cheung,William Yiu Kelly Fung,Kristen Cheung,William Yiu Several top scorers in Hong Kong’s university entrance examinations overcame personal adversity to achieve their exceptional grades, with an almost entirely blind student vowing to become a legal advocate for the vulnerable and four others driven to study medicine by the trauma of childhood illnesses and witnessing friends suffer. Form Six students across the city received their results for the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams on Wednesday. Of the 24 top scorers, 20 planned to study... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3360701/nearly-blind-student-among-hong-kongs-top-dse-scorers-who-plan-careers-giving-back https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3360701/nearly-blind-student-among-hong-kongs-top-dse-scorers-who-plan-careers-giving-back Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:39:49 +0000 Jess Ma Jess Ma Ten students from an elite secondary school in Hong Kong were injured or experienced ringing in their ears after a self-heating hotpot pack exploded in a classroom on Wednesday. A police spokesman said officers received a report from St Paul’s Co-educational College in Mid-Levels at 3.29pm that a self-heating hotpot pack had exploded after being improperly heated. A source said a 15-year-old boy was preparing the hotpot pack at about 1pm when he poured hot water onto it, and it exploded. Six... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3353473/10-hong-kong-students-hurt-self-heating-hotpot-pack-explodes-classroom https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3353473/10-hong-kong-students-hurt-self-heating-hotpot-pack-explodes-classroom Wed, 13 May 2026 14:41:32 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara As a “scrawny, skinny little Indian kid” Shiven Dukhande grew used to people telling him his goal of playing professional rugby was a pipe dream. To underline that opinion, Dukhande, who became obsessed with the sport from his first USRC Tigers training session, aged eight, would look at those forging rugby careers and see “no one who was the same colour as me”. Now the owner of two Hong Kong sevens caps, and with a goal of earning many more, Dukhande said he wanted to be the “role model I... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/3352519/skinny-indian-kid-who-plays-rugby-7s-hong-kong-wants-be-role-model-i-didnt-have https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/3352519/skinny-indian-kid-who-plays-rugby-7s-hong-kong-wants-be-role-model-i-didnt-have Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:06 +0000 William Yiu William Yiu An elite Hong Kong government school has warned that some books donated by alumni may contain material potentially breaching national security legislation, pledging to adopt a new policy rejecting publications with political propaganda or illegal content. King’s College, in Mid-Levels, revealed the decision in its latest annual report on safeguarding national security and promoting national security education. In its report, the 99-year-old institution said many alumni and supporters had donated... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3333454/hong-kongs-elite-schools-vet-book-donations-national-security-risks https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3333454/hong-kongs-elite-schools-vet-book-donations-national-security-risks Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:30:07 +0000 Lorraine Chiang,Timon Johnson,Leopold Chen,Lynn Zhang Lorraine Chiang,Timon Johnson,Leopold Chen,Lynn Zhang Students in Hong Kong have received their results for the Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (DSE), the local university entrance exams that pupils take after six years of secondary schooling. This year’s exams produced 16 students with perfect scores, a record since the DSE’s launch in 2012, including the second “ultimate top scorer”, who achieved the highest marks among all top candidates and the first cross-border high-flier. While 129 students have achieved top marks over the past 14... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3318490/hong-kongs-dse-14-years-pupils-best-subjects-worst-performers-and-top-schools https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3318490/hong-kongs-dse-14-years-pupils-best-subjects-worst-performers-and-top-schools Thu, 17 Jul 2025 01:30:49 +0000 Ng Kang-chung,William Yiu Ng Kang-chung,William Yiu A third of Hong Kong pupils taking this year’s International Baccalaureate (IB) programme have attained near-perfect or full marks, representing nearly 10 per cent of the top achievers globally, according to the latest data. Schools offering the curriculum attributed the students’ performance to their strengths in languages, as well as the local culture that placed great emphasis on academic excellence. Pupils from Hong Kong achieved an average total points score that was significantly higher... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3317417/one-third-hong-kong-ib-candidates-attain-near-perfect-or-full-marks https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3317417/one-third-hong-kong-ib-candidates-attain-near-perfect-or-full-marks Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:00:13 +0000 Kathryn Giordano,Lynn Zhang Kathryn Giordano,Lynn Zhang At least 31 students in Hong Kong have achieved top marks in the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme, even after a global outcry from test-takers over concerns that the mathematics subject was too difficult. More than 2,600 Hong Kong students sat the IB exams, a near 20 per cent increase over the past five years, with the results released on Sunday. The IB exams assess students’ knowledge of several core academic subjects and play a key role in their university applications. Kristen Lo... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3317122/29-hong-kong-students-achieve-top-scores-ib-exam-despite-tricky-maths-section https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3317122/29-hong-kong-students-achieve-top-scores-ib-exam-despite-tricky-maths-section Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:44:43 +0000