National Education

The Hong Kong government has sought since 2007 to introduce "national education" courses into primary and secondary school curriculum, aimed at strengthening students' "national identity awareness" and nurturing patriotism towards China. The programme has met with increasing public opposition in recent years, with many in Hong Kong seeing it as a brainwashing attempt by the Chinese Communist Party to suppress dissent. 

13 Mar 2013

We need to more strictly follow the socialist path of political development with Chinese characteristics.

3:00AM
4 Feb 2013

Eva Chan Sik-chee, of the Parents Concern Group, claimed that a former assistant of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying tried to set up a meeting between herself and officials from the central...

5:41AM
15 Jan 2013

Education has failed to stop the killing

On a recent visit to Lei Yue Mun, I was shocked to find one seafood stall with two agitated and very juvenile blacktip reef sharks swimming in their...

3:41AM
11 Jan 2013

Uninformed views harming vet profession

I must take issue with what I felt was an incomplete report ("Top doctor questions sky-high HK vet fees", January 7).

2:27AM
1 Jan 2013

The national education controversy came in at No 1 in the 2012 Hong Kong Secondary Students' Top 10 News Election.

4:52AM
30 Dec 2012

'My Take' columnist Alex Lo proved to be the Post's king of controversy, with one of his articles attracting more reader comments than any other since scmp.com began accepting reader comments in...

4:55AM

Why are we now, all of a sudden, refighting an old battle that was long settled? Didn't we painstakingly define and lock into place years ago how we differed from the mainland? That's what made it...

2:34AM

Whether you like it or not, national education had been high on the government's agenda for years, featuring in five of the seven policy addresses by former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen...

2:51AM

The education minister has blamed the previous administration for failing to address students' and parents' feelings during consultations about national education, which later led to emotionally...

3:29AM

I have been away from Hong Kong for a year. Yes, I have read about the growing resentment against mainlanders. But I never expected a welcome home party on Stanley beach to turn into a complaint...

4:42PM

Anyone who dares to express an opinion that deviates from the anti-China, anti-government "intrinsic truth" will see their views silenced or twisted. Those very few whose views our dissidents...

7:40AM

Loss of panel positions bad for democracy

Under the Basic Law, Hong Kong should be making gradual and orderly progress towards democracy.

2:39AM

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