Shirley Kwok

12 Aug 1999

Seven more complaints against schools breaking the Sixth Form admission procedure were received yesterday as students continued their rush for remaining places.

12:44PM

System pressured to find 2,000 Form One places

14 Jul 1999

Education officials are struggling to find 2,000 extra Form One places in the 2000-2001 school year for students born in the Year of the Dragon 11 years ago.

Some schools may need to...

10:23AM

Pool to be partially closed after hundreds hurt by tiles

24 Jun 1999

A swimming pool where hundreds of people have been hurt by a rough floor is to be partially closed for maintenance.

Swimmers at the Hammer Hill Road pool in Diamond Hill may be...

8:48AM

Head teachers ordered back into class

15 Jun 1999

Head teachers will have to undergo leadership training by 2007, it was announced yesterday.

8:12AM

Confusion over school closures

8 Jun 1999

Education chiefs have been accused of bungling after thousands of students were left confused by a series of announcements about class cancellations.

7:38AM

Pupils miss out on choice

2 Jun 1999

Fewer than half the pupils starting Primary One in September through central allocation will enter their first-choice schools.

6:08AM

Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Desks top e-mail on scholars' wish-list

Never mind personal computers, e-mail accounts or free access to the Internet - most postgraduate students simply want their own desks to help their studies.

4:23AM

Tenant told 'harassment' must stop

A public housing resident has been told she can only write to or call the Housing Authority through her lawyers.

4:11AM

Record storage checked after student outcry

Education officials are looking at the storage of evening school students' records after complaints that some files listing identity card numbers and academic results are kept under a staircase....

3:39AM

70 appeal to teach beyond age limit

About half of the teachers and principals who had applications to work beyond retirement age rejected lodged appeals against the decisions before yesterday's deadline.

1:48AM

Nude 'students' on Net

Students and staff at the University of Hong Kong were urged yesterday to help investigations into the latest harassment case in which nude pictures were placed on the Internet.

12:39AM

Exploding flare hurts boy, eight

An eight-year-old boy was injured by an explosive he found in a rubbish dump near his home in Sai Kung yesterday afternoon.

The boy and a six-year-old girl were playing near 101 Che...

11:21PM