Affluent parents who move their children from free schools ‘seek better facilities, teaching quality’.
English Schools Foundation changes its current residence-based place allocation policy allowing more flexibility.
School heads say ‘Love Our Home, Treasure Our Country’ programme to be expanded from next academic year.
Societal norms and trends in early education have concentrated non-Chinese-speaking students in certain kindergartens or primary schools.
Former pupils of Po Yan Oblate Primary School in Wong Tai Sin say they are poised to start raising cash to save school, but plan blocked by education chiefs.
But one lawmaker says pupils and teachers will feel nervous with security cameras watching lessons.
Some sectors already offering higher pay to retain staff amid labour shortages, industry representatives say.
School bodies say cut to cut spare places at popular primaries could help tackle under-enrolment and risk of closure at other schools.
Eight publicly funded universities employ 1,815 mainlanders, with quarter in science, compared with 1,670 Hongkongers.
Project will provide shared space for cooking, eating, exercising and completing homework, welfare chief Chris Sun says.
Labour and welfare secretary Chris Sun says authorities will conduct inspections and issue warnings, with legal consequences next step for errant employers.
Some fear it’s the tip of the iceberg, but others say surge reflects awareness, willingness to seek help.
Secretary for Education Christine Choi dismisses accusations that government’s demands are ‘unsympathetic’.
Eastern district’s Salvation Army Ann Wyllie Memorial School and Salvation Army Centaline Charity Fund School earmarked for merger.
Government says Victoria Park’s six soccer pitches and central lawn closed for maintenance and completion expected only by end of June.
But school representatives say exodus may have peaked and they expect number of departures to decrease this year.
Patient, 59, travelled to Guangdong province multiple times and was not linked to other Hong Kong cases.
Reintroducing mask mandate will have negative impact on society, Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau says.
Concerns raised after three images on Instagram showed nearly 50 candidates and some teachers standing on the stage of school’s exam hall after sitting paper.
Britain overtakes Taiwan to become second most popular destination, according to Education Bureau’s survey of 41,222 school leavers.
Campaign expected to increase non-local students from South Korea, Malaysia and Kazakhstan, with plans to explore markets such as Saudi Arabia.
Sources say schools were told earlier this month by Education Bureau they could not operate Primary One classes in next academic year.
There were 34,125 full-time job vacancies for graduates from January to March, highest in five years.
Students at school in Southern district will be forced to commute to Tung Chung as two Caritas institutions merge in September 2024.
Students from Ko Lui Secondary School win award for lampshades made from winter melon skins, purple sweet potatoes, corn husks and lai see packets.
Woman files report after finding daughter had suffered injuries to her lower body, according to police.
At Legco meeting on enrolment figures at 54 international schools, lawmaker Chu Kwok-keung warns they are taking students away from local institutions.
Education Bureau says it will remind schools to observe student mix requirements or face consequences.
Tell organisers before team departs that searching for anthem online will produce incorrect results, team leader says.
Christine Chu, 24, says Chinese University’s law school told her to use toilets for people with disabilities when she asked about using women’s facilities.
