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A university student inquires about employment opportunities at a recruitment fair for science and engineering universities in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, in March. Photo: Getty Images
China jobs

AI skills required for 4 out of 10 graduate jobs in China: recruitment portal

University of Hong Kong professors say ‘messy jobs’ that span multiple tasks more immune to challenges posed by technology.

Hong Kong society

Opinion | Suicide risk and the danger of Hong Kong’s children not feeling loved

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Why Hong Kong firms looking to integrate AI must consider fresh grads

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Education in Hong Kong

Should Hong Kong ban smartphones in schools and who makes final call?

No consensus exists among educators and parents in Hong Kong on whether there should be a blanket ban on gadgets, as seen in some countries.

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Hong Kong property

Rare momentum: Hong Kong universities, schools boost commercial property market

Educational institutions pour more than US$1.4 billion into deals, helping steady the city’s commercial real estate sector.

US-China relations

Opinion | In the AI era, US-China competition hinges on who can adapt faster

In an age of disruption, power rests with whoever learns, innovates and adapts more effectively.

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Architecture and design

Discover the genius behind everyday objects’ design at fun Hong Kong experience

A new exhibition at M+ based on the popular Japanese TV series Design Ah! dissects items including umbrellas, flip-flops and cup noodles.

A visitor tries his hand at a challenge at “Design Ah! Experience the Wonder of Everyday Design”, a new exhibition based on a popular Japanese TV series at Hong Kong’s M+ museum. Photo: M+
China technology

Education powerhouse: China blueprint tackles talent crunch, tech self-reliance

China issues blueprint to strengthen education’s role to respond to fierce global tech rivalry while adapting to falling birth rates.

Malaysia

In Malaysia, military veterans are sent to schools to teach bullies a lesson

The first 16 former Malaysian Armed Forces personnel will start work as wardens at eight selected Mara Junior Science Colleges on Wednesday.

Education in Hong Kong

HKU student publication Undergrad shuts down after 74 years amid recruitment woes

Editorial committee says failure to recruit new members forces closure, ending one of Hong Kong’s longest-running campus publications.

The University of Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Hong Kong must tackle roots of youth mental health crisis

The city could use a change of culture and a more compassionate environment in which all students can thrive and be happy.

A group of secondary school students look at the view of Victoria Harbour while riding on an escalator in Wan Chai on May 22. Photo: Elson Li
Singapore

‘Ashamed’: Singapore graduates settle for half pay in brutal jobs market

With AI eating entry-level roles and hiring on ice, a stopgap government scheme is the best some university leavers can get.

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Artificial intelligence

For China’s tech workers, AI ‘optimisation’ sounds like ‘unemployment’

China’s office workers are worrying whether their jobs can be done by artificial intelligence – and whether their companies will make the switch.

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Good Schools Guide

How scholarships are opening Hong Kong’s international schools to local pupils

International schools are using scholarships to welcome talented local pupils from diverse backgrounds, transforming lives and enriching classrooms.

Hong Kong’s Renaissance College admits deserving students via its Youth Empowerment Scholarship. Photo: Handout
United States

Bible passages to be required reading in Texas public schools

Critics say such decisions are at odds with the Constitution’s ‘establishment clause’, ‌long understood as separating church and state.

A King James version of the Holy Bible opened up to the Gospel of John. Photo illustration: TNS
Malaysia

Marital duty, faith drive Malaysian women to give in to sex requests: survey

Only 44 per cent of Malay and Muslim women were able to refuse sex, compared with three-quarters of Chinese and Indian Malaysians.

Trending in China

‘Imitation genius’: China influencer overcomes abusive dad to self-fund US education

Zhong’s drive is to become his family’s pillar and protect his mother and younger sister.

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Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | Why Hong Kong’s bilingualism is uniquely indispensable in the AI era

Hong Kong’s ability to triangulate truth across two knowledge systems was cultivated over centuries. It is a critical asset today.

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Bilingual signage on the West Kowloon Law Courts Building. Hong Kong’s lived, structural bilingualism, in courtrooms and classrooms, has cultivated a reflex to cross-check information. Photo: Dickson Lee
Universities in Hong Kong

Opinion | Hong Kong’s focus on rankings distorts universities’ true mission

When university rankings become the city’s strategic achievement, it distracts attention from nurturing talent and creating knowledge.

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China economy

Opinion | The gaokao scramble and how China engineers its political economy

Individuals choose the university and course but the state sets the collective outcome, steering human capital towards development goals.

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Hong Kong

Letters | Ethics must be a core priority for any AI literacy programme

Readers discuss technology’s impact on academic integrity, potential setbacks of the city’s imported labour limits, and the upsides of hiring more native English speakers.

A student interacts with ChatGPT, when it was officially available in Hong Kong, at Yu Chun Keung Memorial College in Ho Man Tin on May 30, 2023. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Time for Hong Kong teachers to be trained in digital education

With many students already using AI to do homework, there is no time to lose in investing in educators’ digital literacy.

Isabella Poon Wai-yin, chairwoman of the Curriculum Development Council, attends the press briefing on the Blueprint for Digital Education Development in Primary and Secondary Schools on June 17. Photo: Elson Li
South Korea

Asian Angle | Korean drama Teach You a Lesson serves up a reality check on education

The hit Netflix series uses a vigilante classroom fantasy to expose deep, real-world anxieties about school violence.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | To lead in global education, Hong Kong must go beyond narrow metrics

Relying too heavily on simplified indicators risks incentivising behaviours that prioritise what can be measured over what truly matters.

Artificial intelligence

Norway enacts near AI ban for junior school pupils, curbs use for older children

The move follows a 2024 ban on smartphones after Norway recorded a broad decline in education test ‌scores.

An illustration of artificial intelligence. Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere announced a near ban on the ⁠use of generative ⁠AI tools by elementary ⁠school pupils on Friday. Photo: Shutterstock
Indonesia

Video | Indonesia hits pause on free meal programme

The 3-week break will save the government an estimated 3.4 trillion rupiah (US$191 million).

Students eat lunch on the first day of a free-meal programme at 12 State junior high school in Cimahi, West Java, on January 6, 2025. Indonesia launched an ambitious USD 4.3 billion free-meal programme on January 6 to combat stunted growth due to malnutrition, a key election promise of President Prabowo Subianto. (Photo by Timur MATAHARI / AFP)
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Education in Hong Kong

University town framework unlikely to be unveiled before five-year plan released

Government previously planned to publish Northern Metropolis University Town Development Conceptual Framework in the first half of year.

Education in Hong Kong

93% of mainland Chinese top talent move to Hong Kong for children’s education

Beacon Group survey also shows 80 per cent of respondents chose to move at time when their children are in upper secondary school.

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