Researchers highlight sharp rise in respiratory tract infections when schools resumed last year.

International school group says it will still have autonomy over curriculum but put measures in place to prevent breaches of Beijing-imposed legislation on campus.

The 1 per cent reduction, scheduled for the 2022-23 fiscal year, should not be too difficult to achieve, financial chief says.

Hong Kong budget: city bets big on electric vehicles and green finance, but environmental groups say more needed to hit 2050 carbon neutrality goal.

Education Bureau releases 1,200-word defence of new guidelines for city’s teachers and schools, and says it needed to clarify unfounded allegations and misunderstandings in the media.

Pupils return as schools given nod to open their doors to a third of students.

Roughly 200 of about 5,000 kindergartens, schools and tutorial centres intend to bring back all pupils from Monday, with regular testing of teachers for Covid-19 proving to be a stumbling block.

The single-digit caseload comes as the city begins to loosen strict social-distancing regulations for restaurants and other venues.

Analysts attribute rise to impact of BN(O) passport scheme and continued state of tense relationship between US and China as numbers reach highest in more than a decade.

Group set up by teachers produces games, posters and a teaching plan for schools to reach out to pupils.

Students from low-income homes, have special needs or are from ethnic minority communities are groups at risk of falling behind, say educators.

But authorities caution fewer screenings expected over Lunar New Year holiday when people reluctant to visit doctors and most private clinics are closed.

RTHK’s ‘worrying’ move to follow Beijing’s lead in banning BBC programmes threatens the ‘free flow of information’ on which Hong Kong has thrived, one advocate says.

At Wong Tai Sin Temple, one of the city’s biggest, visitors registered for contact-tracing before entering and steps were taken to keep crowds manageable.

Residents urged to keep celebrations to a minimum and use the government’s risk-exposure app when visiting public places. Tourism industry floats idea of locals crossing border into mainland China to receive vaccine jabs.

Overwhelming percentage of principals also worry about the practicality of the screening rule, survey by Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools finds.

Two men aged 42 and 62 arrested on Monday in operation by organised crime and triad bureau. Officers seize explosive substances, weapons, gas masks, and body armour in raids on flats and offices.

Education secretary says covering negative aspects of mainland China’s governance system is allowed after liberal studies remodelling – so long as discussions are ‘objective and factual’.

Authorities reveal 27 new cases and say tougher strategy could allow for relaxing of socialising, business curbs after Lunar New Year.

Policy U-turns on Covid-19 measures confusing, could have been handled better, according to Joseph Sung.

Blueprint spells out details, making clear that national security is beyond debate, and even telling schools when to call police.

The self-financing Examinations and Assessment Authority says its surplus fell by 23 per cent last year, and expects to log a deficit for this year and the next.

If schools choose not to take action, that is ‘clearly problematic’, education minister Kevin Yeung says after issuance of controversial new guidelines.

Government releases seven documents covering how nearly all aspects of campus life should conform to the controversial law, with education to begin as young as age six.

Students say they face challenges organising protest-related activities on campus, citing string of cases where members have been disciplined.

Currently, no more than a sixth of the student capacity allowed to return on a half-day basis to attend lessons or take tests.

More details on proposals for new curriculum laid out in consultation paper sent to schools, with current six modules trimmed to three.

Teachers did not tell schools before leaving Hong Kong for mainland China, Australia.

Despite less competition from cross-border pupils, families remain anxious over whether they will be matched with preferred schools.

Officials say 3,000 workers must be screened after discovery of five new cases take cluster size to nine.