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12 August, 2024
The University of Hong Kong has been placed second in an annual ranking of Asian universities. Photo: Dickson Lee
Education in Hong Kong

3 universities in Hong Kong among top 10 in major ranking of Asian institutions

HKU holds No 2 position, CUHK rises to No 6 and CityU to No 10, marking first time three institutions placed in top 10 of Asian University Rankings.

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Education

Editorial | Admission cheats at Hong Kong universities should fail from start

Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong teacher trainer to focus on joint degree courses amid birth rate dip

Education in Hong Kong

Olympic star twins aim to broaden horizons while in Hong Kong, inspire youth

Wang sisters, who won gold medals in the duet and team events in artistic swimming in Paris, are studying at the Education University of Hong Kong.

The sisters won gold medals in both the duet and team events in artistic swimming in Paris. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong environmental issues

How butterfly wings inspired Hong Kong cooling tech to help fight global warming

Thin cooling film can reduce room temperatures by up to 15 degrees Celius, as scientists hope to mitigate effects of global warming.

Education in Hong Kong

Universities in Hong Kong admit more non-local students after intake quota doubled

Baptist University says number of first-year, non-local students for 2024-25 to increase by nearly 200 per cent from last year.

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Education in Hong Kong

Chinese Olympic stars Wang twins to begin PhDs in Hong Kong in September

Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi who won China’s first gold medal in the duet artistic swimming event in Paris received scholarships in Doctor of Education programme.

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Gold medallists Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi celebrate after securing gold in Paris. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s Olympic success ‘shows government investment, policies on right path’

Sports chief Kevin Yeung also calls on business community to consider hiring retired athletes due to their ability to face adversity.

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Hong Kong politics

Exclusive | Hong Kong should work with mainland China to host ‘Belt and Road Games’: Ip

Regina Ip says city must also reposition itself in new geopolitical landscape and tap emerging markets such as Middle East.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong star Ronald Cheng’s drink, depression discussion cuts stigma: doctors

Mental health experts say people with depression often try to self-medicate with alcohol, but celebrities discussing their problems breaks the taboo.

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Ronald Cheng, who has said he will seek treatment for depression and alcohol problems, promotes a tour last year. Photo: Getty Images
Education in Hong Kong

Fewer Hong Kong students secure university spots, offers from top 3 choices

An education consultant attributes decline to more applicants attaining the minimum entry requirements.

15,776 JUPAS applicants were offered a place in universities in Hong Kong this year, compared with 16,149 last year. Photo: Eugene Lee
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Hong Kong Olympic champion Vivian Kong to ‘take a break’ from fencing

Vivian Kong posts message to social media announcing decision to focus on other areas, thanks ‘fencing family’ for support.

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Education in Hong Kong

Average salary for Hong Kong graduates up in 2023, but lowest increase since 2021

Average annual salary for all new graduates hit HK$314,000 last year, a 3.6 per cent jump on 2022, but HKU leads the pack with HK$385,000.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Olympics: viewers get ‘heart attack’ while Hong Kong medallists show mental grit

Sports psychologists unpack the mental tactics that helped propel Cheung Ka-long and other athletes to victory.

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Cheung Ka-long celebrates his Olympic triumph in Paris. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong sports

Vivian Kong’s Olympic win can turn fencing into Hong Kong’s signature sport: expert

Academic also says win represents ‘important milestone’ for city’s developments of sport, training, as well as sports science and medicine.

Vivian Kong (right) may help to establish fencing as Hong Kong’s “signature sport”, an expert has said. Photo: Handout
US presidential election 2024

Opinion | Democracy’s supporters would do well to accept it for what it is

Public trust is shaken. Those who still believe in democracy as a viable form of government must be realistic about its limitations.

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Artificial intelligence

Microsoft plans to put AI in every Hong Kong school as OpenAI pulls back

Microsoft is expanding AI-related educational initiatives in the city, maintaining access to OpenAI’s models, while its China business draws scrutiny at home.

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Hong Kong society

Explainer | Running hot: how can Hongkongers exercise safely as mercury soars?

Experts weigh in on whether people should still push their limits outdoors and how to beat the heat on a weekend hike.

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Experts urge residents to exercise outdoors before 10am or after 4pm to avoid the midday peak in temperatures. Photo: Sam Tsang
Accidents and personal safety

Explainer | Hiking in Hong Kong: how to navigate the trails safely amid summer heat

The Post speaks to mountaineering experts to glean safety tips after the recent death of a 56-year-old hiker in Clear Water Bay Country Park.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong primary school teacher jailed for 23 months for molesting 8 girls

Sentencing judge cites psychological reports that states young victims suffered from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong’s summer of protests, 5 years on

Hong Kong has undergone a sea change since 2019, with the government describing the new era as a transition from ‘chaos to order’.

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Education in Hong Kong

6 public universities in Hong Kong rise in global ranking table

University of Hong Kong climbs to 17th place, up from 26th last year in latest global ranking by QS.

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HKU ranked fourth-highest in Asia, after the National University of Singapore, Peking University and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong residents warn of legal action if university builds research hub

University of Hong Kong argues its Global Innovation Centre will help spur city’s transformation into innovation and technology hub as envisioned by Beijing, but residents in Pok Fu Lam warn they might go to court to stop project.

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Education in Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong students urged to report fake qualification cases

Business school at Hong Kong’s oldest university uncovered ‘small number’ of cases, identified agencies suspected of offering fake documents, and is looking into whether there are more.

Education in Hong Kong

Mainlanders, foreigners outnumber scholars from Hong Kong at local universities

University vice-president says emigration wave and retirements have caused share of scholars from Hong Kong to drop, with mainland Chinese readily filling vacancies.

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Data from the University Grants Committee puts the academic staff population in three official categories: Hong Kong, mainland China and the rest of the world. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Forget past glories, Hong Kong must find relevance in a changing world

Hong Kong’s economic malaise is structural. China will remain a powerful economy and global player,but this does not ensure the city’s relevance unless it shapes up.

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Hong Kong environmental issues

‘Timber!’: last Hong Kong governor Chris Patten’s tree felled in Wan Chai

Workers cut down three-storey-tall barren weeping fig at the junction of Luard Road and Johnston Road, after efforts to save the tree failed.

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Technology

Hong Kong to step up expansion of innovation and technology talent pool

The 2nd Global Innovation & Technology Summit, held at the Hong Kong Science Park on Wednesday, put a spotlight on the city’s efforts to enlarge the local tech talent pool.

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