Hong Kong Education

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11 May 2013

There have been many discussions lately about the plight of Hong Kong's youth and the issues they face.

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Letters to the Editor, April 23, 2013

23 Apr 2013

Every day I look out of my window at Kai Tak and think about the great potential the area has and how it can dramatically improve the lives of people across Hong Kong. It is a large, flat and...

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Letters to the Editor, December 11, 2012

11 Dec 2012

Accidents in mainland factories which result in serious injuries such as loss of limbs are all too common. Often, this happens because workers are made to operate outdated machinery.

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Hong Kong should focus on sex education as a matter of good health

11 Dec 2012

The public is up in arms about mainland mothers giving birth here, but is largely oblivious to a flood of young Hong Kong women and girls travelling across the border for the termination of...

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Letters to the Editor, December 8, 2012

8 Dec 2012

Recently, people have been having very heated discussions about the unauthorised building works at Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's houses.

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Hong Kong should press ahead in promoting e-books in schools

6 Dec 2012

Soaring textbook prices are a headache for Hong Kong parents. The situation is further complicated by sales tactics in which publishers tie the teaching aides and study guides with textbooks to...

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Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

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Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

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Time to review unfair school admission system

Hong Kong education is characterised by keen competition. From enrolment to examination, pupils have to outperform their peers to get the best school places. In theory, there is nothing wrong with...

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Skewed praise for ESF system

I am a International Baccalaureate (IB) educator at an international school in Hong Kong and refer to Kelly Yang's column ("Eclectic avenue", November 14).

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In praise of rote learning

I am mathematically challenged. When I was in secondary school and university, I had no idea about the many long equations we had to memorise or the meanings of the symbols and their relationships...

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Corruption in schools must be stopped

Across the border, corruption in education has become so pervasive that, according to recent reports, parents are forced to pay thousands of dollars, and sometimes hundreds of thousands, in "...

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The changing face of higher education

The recent report of a Hong Kong couple transferring US$2 million to a so-called educational consultant in an attempt to get their children into Harvard might inspire bemusement or schadenfreude...

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EDUCATION

Majority of non-local students in HK come from mainland, says report

Hong Kong's position as an international education hub has been put into question by a report that reveals that eight out of 10 non-local students at the city's universities are from the mainland...

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