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The Hong Kong International AI Art Festival by Bauhinia Culture at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre last year. Photo: Dickson Lee
Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong universities back AI-themed study tours to woo non-local students

Authorities eye summer study tours to make better use of campus resources and bring more non-local students to city.

Hong Kong budget 2026-27

Hong Kong open to backing universities issuing bonds to fund megaproject campuses

Education in Hong Kong

How many non-local students are going to Hong Kong universities since quota rise?

Hong Kong courts

Mainland Chinese student jailed for 3 months for cheating in TOEFL test

Huang Xinyi paid someone else to take test on her behalf in Cambodia and submitted results to Hong Kong’s Lingnan University so she could graduate.

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Student Huang Xinyi has been sentenced to jail for submitting a fraudulent TOEFL test result in order to graduate from Hong Kong’s Lingnan University. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Hong Kong property

CityU joins ranks of schools snapping up Hong Kong offices

University buys four-storey office block in Kowloon Tong for US$252 million from Singapore-based Mapletree.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong inferno exposes regulatory silos, lax oversight: who is accountable?

Industry insiders also ask whether housing authorities should have played bigger role in supervising renovation at Wang Fuk Court.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

‘I’m worried’: residents of Hong Kong estates in limbo after renovation suspended

Owners at estates with projects by beleaguered contractor for Wang Fuk Court fear they might need to hire new company and spend even more.

The blaze at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has sparked citywide checks of work by renovation contractor Prestige Construction and Engineering Company. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

What are the right lessons from Hong Kong’s worst fire in 7 decades?

As authorities investigate Tai Po blaze, experts call for better laws and regulations governing building maintenance work and fire safety.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Construction clampdown needed after fire but industry must act too: experts

Systemic failings around supervision of building maintenance, lack of coordination between government departments need to be addressed.

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Hong Kong economy

Good deal for all? Can Hong Kong urban renewal body’s payout review fix scheme?

Cash-strapped Urban Renewal Authority is reviewing compensation scheme for flat owners forced out by redevelopment. But is a wider rethink needed?

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Hong Kong society

Veteran suit maker recounts the rise and fall of Hong Kong tailoring industry

Master Woo, who dressed prominent figures such as tycoon Li Ka-shing, says greatest regret is not being able to pass on decades-long experience to next generation.

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Veteran tailor Benny Woo. Photo: Sun Yeung
Education in Hong Kong

Exclusive | Non-local exams on rise? Hong Kong public universities admit fewer DSE pupils

DSE student intake drops to a record low of 74 per cent, with 500 fewer admissions compared with a decade ago.

Education in Hong Kong

Exclusive | Debut ranking in top 10% globally boosts self-awareness: Hong Kong EdU head

While ranking is globally recognised, it does not fully reflect an institution’s unique characteristics and strengths, president says.

Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong in fight for foreign university students as Singapore emerges as rival

Number of international first-year students at city’s public universities below pre-pandemic levels despite government doubling quotas.

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The University of Hong Kong admitted the most non-local students in the last academic year. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Hong Kong’s universities go from strength to strength

The advancement in global higher education rankings shows efforts to nurture the ‘Study in Hong Kong’ brand are paying off.

Students walk through the campus of the University of Hong Kong on September 19. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Education in Hong Kong

6 Hong Kong universities set new record in global top 200

Times Higher Education says rankings highlight shift in research and higher education excellence from West to Asia.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s tightened imported labour rules still vex local workers

The city faces a paradox where business leaders repeatedly sound the alarm over labour shortages, yet many locals are struggling to find jobs.

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Hong Kong

She was at the height of her career. Then she moved to a village of 30

For residents of Nam Chung, in the northeastern New Territories, the privations of rural living are worth the rewards of escaping the rat race.

An aerial shot of Nam Chung, in the northeastern New Territories of Hong Kong. Photo: Alexander Mak
Super Typhoon Ragasa

Lessons from Ragasa lashing Hong Kong’s coastal areas must be learned: experts

City does not have special building regulations to guard against waves and floods, but planners have many ways to improve protection, they say.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong could incur millions in building repairs from typhoon damage: experts

Fixing glass curtain wall damage may also take a year, building advisers say as Super Typhoon Ragasa threatens city with potential record speeds.

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Hong Kong society

Who is the 94-year-old Hong Kong war veteran who shook hands with President Xi?

Xi calls Lo King-fai ‘an old hero’ at Victory Day parade on Wednesday, as veteran shares war stories, stresses importance of remembering history.

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Hong Kong war veteran Lo King-fai, 94, was honoured at the Victory Day military parade in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

After The War | Keeping light shining on dark days of Japanese occupation of Hong Kong

Hong Kong was a key target for the Japanese, but guerilla forces played a crucial role in undermining the invaders as well as aiding in the Allied war effort.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Hong Kong science and tech

Editorial | Hong Kong’s tech talent of tomorrow shines amid US-China rivalry

University teams were big winners at Silicon Valley festival, showing city’s education efforts are paying off.

Hong Kong science and tech

Hong Kong shines at Silicon Valley tech festival with record 51 awards

Lingnan University’s innovation team emerges as delegation’s biggest winner, with 8 gold medals and five prizes in fields including AI.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong firm races to develop chikungunya fever test for early detection

Phase Scientific’s CEO says his team is working on rapid test that can yield results in 10 to 15 minutes by finger pricking.

The test being developed aims to detect the antigen-specific proteins on the surface of the chikungunya virus. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong society

No Cantonese, no career? Can Hong Kong do more to help ethnic minority groups?

Discrimination, a lack of Cantonese and integration into society are issues not yet resolved, say NGOs and experts.

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Illustration: Henry Wong
Hong Kong property

Lingnan University buys T-Plus assets at 40% discount amid property slump

The university paid HK$120 million for the shopping arcade, shops and car park in the residential tower, agents say.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong’s South Lantau ecotourism plans could harm environment: green groups

Activists call for more public consultations to shape ‘comprehensive vision’ as deadline for developer interest approaches.

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