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A group of students walk across a courtyard at Lok Fu Plaza on June 24. Hong Kong secondary school students’ performance has fallen in an international assessment focused on three core subjects. Photo: Jelly Tse
Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | Will Hong Kong’s educators learn from sliding Pisa results?

With mathematics, reading and science scores at record lows in a decline going back to 2012, educators need to radically revamp their approach.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Supplier to end classroom lunch portioning at Sha Tin school after 39 fall ill

China jobs

Why affluent Chinese families prioritise local tutoring, not overseas exposure

Hong Kong society

39 pupils and staff fall ill after eating school lunches in Sha Tin

Authorities are investigating a suspected outbreak of food poisoning at Baptist (Sha Tin Wai) Lui Ming Choi Primary School.

A supplier had provided lunchboxes to Baptist (Sha Tin Wai) Lui Ming Choi Primary School. Photo: Google Maps
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong Police College becomes first government unit to roll out degree course

Police chief Joe Chow says force hopes Bachelor of Policing (Honours) (Security and Criminal Investigation) course can start by year-end.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Unvaccinated children, elderly face much higher risk of major flu complications

Hong Kong director of health cites data showing unvaccinated children and elderly are four to five times more vulnerable than vaccinated individuals.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong is lagging in the AI race – can it raise its game, and how?

As Singapore pulls ahead, experts say Hong Kong must overcome risk aversion and refine its governance frameworks to boost adoption.

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Shanghai

Singapore, mainland China top global student assessment as OECD scores plummet

Latest survey of 15-year-old students across 91 countries and economies included new computational problem-solving module for AI era.

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China consumption

Improving migrant workers’ lives key to boosting Chinese consumption: HSBC

Report says reforms aimed at reducing their high precautionary savings rate could unlock US$95 billion a year in spending.

Education in Hong Kong

Editorial | Hong Kong is building a two-way global education highway

The inaugural Global Education Summit highlighted the city’s efforts to align with the nation’s goals and consolidate its position as a global education and talent hub.

Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin speaks at the Global Education Summit 2026 at Grand Hyatt in Wan Chai on September 5. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong can become AI literacy hub, industry leaders say

City can also help build trustworthy AI, experts tell panel discussion co-organised by the SCMP at the Belt and Road Summit.

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(From left) Artificial Intelligence Association of Hong Kong founder and chairman Neil Tan, IBM Consulting's Sony Angel Han, Fano Labs' Albert Lam and Ellen Lau of Preface AI at the panel discussion. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong population

Opinion | Hong Kong must plan for the population it wants to have

As the population ages, becomes more mobile and welcomes more non-locals, data-based planning is needed to inform and improve urban planning.

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Hong Kong society

‘Keep pushing, never fear hardships,’ Hong Kong’s first astronaut tells students

Students ask about AI, robots and animal tests in space as Lai Ka-ying, and crewmates Zhu Yangzhu and Zhang Zhiyuan take part in ‘Tiangong Class’.

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Special Reports

Hong Kong’s push to become the Belt and Road’s higher education hub

Tertiary institutions such as PolyU, EdUHK and HKUST are establishing lasting academic and industry partnerships across the world.

The city’s higher education institutions, like HKUST, have developed programmes to strengthen cross-border academic ties. Photo: May Tse
Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong students drop in global rankings for maths, science and literacy

City’s students drop out of global top 10 in Pisa’s science section – the first time since Hong Kong joined international assessment.

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Experts have said that the decline in Hong Kong’s Pisa scores is partly due to the post-Covid impact on study habits and learning motivation. Photo: Jelly Tse
Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong emerges as leading Asian study destination for Kazakhstani students

Hong Kong universities attracting growing number of students from Central Asian country, with enrolment up by 408 per cent in eight years.

China education

Stop ‘worshipping foreign things’: calls to demote English in China stir debate

A teacher’s call to end ‘worshipping foreign things’ reignites debate over the language’s role in schools.

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Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | Equity in education in Hong Kong must be defended at all costs

The government must seriously reflect on the rising enrolments at international and private schools even as local schools struggle to keep primary one classes filled.

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Students play on a 3D painting after school at Yiu Tung Estate, Shau Kei Wan, on September 3. Photo: Sam Tsang
Education in Hong Kong

Curiosity beats perfect statements, UK elite universities tell Hong Kong students

Show real stories and intellectual drive, not just top grades or costly consultants, admissions chiefs say.

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China education

China’s youth job crisis drives graduates to German vocational apprenticeships

Facing bleak employment prospects at home, some young Chinese workers are pursuing technical training abroad, but not all make it through.

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Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong to boost STEAM degrees as city targets two-way global education highway

Inaugural Global Education Summit, co-organised by the SCMP and HSBC Premier, brings together 5,000 policymakers, educators and parents.

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(From left) Regina Yeung, head of Rewards, Partnerships & Premier, Retail Banking and Wealth, HSBC Hong Kong, Brian Hui, HSBC chief customer officer, SCMP publisher Tammy Tam, Secretary for Education Christine Choi, Janet Pang, managing director and head of Retail Business, Retail Banking and Wealth, Hong Kong, HSBC, SCMP executive editor Zuraidah Ibrahim, Angela Chan, HSBC Life Hong Kong chief distribution officer, and Ang Jin, chief growth officer at the SCMP, at the opening ceremony of the Global Education Summit 2026. Photo: Edmond So
Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | 3 easy wins to modernise Hong Kong’s education system

Reform must address AI-disrupted assessment, expand global learning in the curriculum, and offer alternative pathways beyond the DSE.

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Indonesia

Over 1,700 Indonesians get food poisoning after eating state-issued free meals

As of Tuesday, 50,000 individuals ‌contracted food poisoning, according to a lawmaker who criticises the ‘failure of the system’.

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Universities in Hong Kong

Opinion | Hong Kong and a not-so-simple father-daughter conversation about Harvard

As higher education in the West gets caught up in political theatre, Hong Kong can capitalise on the international education market shift.

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Japan

Japan goes on student suicide watch as school term starts

Government data shows student suicide spikes in September, when children return to school after a long summer break.

Junior high school students attend a class in Japan. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

China in largest academic misconduct crackdown after ‘Student Geng’ scrutiny

NSFC names more than 40 researchers at 31 institutions in its biggest disclosure to date, following blogger’s allegations in April.

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In the wake of blogger and PhD dropout Student Geng’s April allegations, China’s leading funder of basic research has made its largest-ever public disclosure of academic misconduct, involving more than 40 researchers. Photo: Bilibili
Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong school starts academic year without replacing head fired for swearing

San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School has candidate, but Education Bureau still conducting background checks.

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Education in Hong Kong

Excitement and anxiety as pupils return to school, aided by new well-being campaign

Education chief Christine Choi says well-being initiative encourages students to support and care for one another to prevent campus bullying.

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