Female students make up about 70 per cent of the student body at Baptist and Lingnan universities and the Hong Kong Institute of Education.Photo: Dickson Lee Female students make up about 70 per cent of the student body at Baptist and Lingnan universities and the Hong Kong Institute of Education.Photo: Dickson Lee
Female students make up about 70 per cent of the student body at Baptist and Lingnan universities and the Hong Kong Institute of Education.Photo: Dickson Lee
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Hong Kong follows global trend with women dominating higher education

Worldwide, girls are outperforming boys at school and university. In the first of two-part series, Elaine Yau examines how this trend is playing out in Hong Kong

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Elaine Yau
Elaine Yau

Updated: 2:53pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Female students make up about 70 per cent of the student body at Baptist and Lingnan universities and the Hong Kong Institute of Education.Photo: Dickson Lee Female students make up about 70 per cent of the student body at Baptist and Lingnan universities and the Hong Kong Institute of Education.Photo: Dickson Lee
Female students make up about 70 per cent of the student body at Baptist and Lingnan universities and the Hong Kong Institute of Education.Photo: Dickson Lee
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