Coronavirus: Hong Kong university entrance exams began as scheduled with 21 candidates at special Covid-19 centre by Friday morning

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Nearly 47,000 people are sitting the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) English exam on Friday and Saturday, the highest number of candidates across all subjects

Three candidates went to Penny’s Bay isolation camp on Friday morning by designated taxis

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Students head into the exam centre at Wong Siu Ching Secondary School in Tsuen Wan. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

William YiuandYanni Chow

Published: 9:39am, 22 Apr 2022Updated: 8:08pm, 22 Apr 2022

Hong Kong’s university entrance examinations began as scheduled on Friday despite concerns the annual assessment would be derailed amid the city’s fifth wave of coronavirus cases.

A total of 21 candidates were at a special exam centre at the Penny’s Bay quarantine camp on Lantau Island for Covid-19 patients and close contacts by the morning. Of them, 10 were confirmed cases while the remaining were under quarantine. One candidate who was feeling unwell chose not to sit the test.

This is the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began that infected students are allowed to sit the DSE.

Nearly 47,000 people began sitting the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) English test, held on Friday and Saturday, the highest number of candidates across all subjects.

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The Education Bureau said in a release on Friday evening of the candidates at the special exam centre, 18 were admitted to the isolation centre before the day of exam while another three called for designated taxis on Thursday night and went to the facility the next morning. There were no calls for the taxis on Friday morning.