Editorial | Outreach to foreign students cements Hong Kong’s education hub status
Cosmopolitan campuses in Hong Kong are to the benefit of local students as well as those from abroad and the mainland
Study and travel are both powerful ways to expand minds and shape lives. The double benefits have certainly enhanced learning opportunities for students from outside Hong Kong who attend local universities. It is good to see their ranks growing as recruitment efforts gather pace in a process that raises the bar for the city’s academic community.
Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin also said that while Hong Kong continues to be popular with mainland Chinese students, interest is growing among those from Southeast Asia as well as countries taking part in Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative.
The city’s evolution from regional to global leader in higher education was also apparent as it hosted the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education Conference and Exhibition. This event drew thousands of delegates from around 70 countries and regions.
Choi rightly described the summit as a vote of confidence in the city’s commitment to academic excellence and role as a “superconnector” where ideas and partnerships for the future of global education were debated and defined.