A university in Hong Kong that “opened its doors to Harvard students” has made an offer of admission to one and is handling several transfer applications after the Trump administration last month barred the US Ivy League school from enrolling international candidates, many of whom are from mainland China. At least two other local universities…
Six universities in Hong Kong have finished in the top 50 of a closely watched league table in Asia for the first time since 2017, with the city’s two oldest tertiary education institutions ranking among the 10 best in the region. The 2025 Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings, published on Thursday, saw Baptist University…
Six universities in Hong Kong have finished in the top 50 of a closely watched league table in Asia for the first time since 2017, with the city’s two oldest tertiary education institutions ranking among the 10 best in the region. The 2025 Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings, published on Thursday, saw Baptist University…
Hong Kong police have arrested a man for allegedly attacking five people, including two officers, at City University after he was asked to turn down the volume on his phone. The force said on Tuesday that a 23-year-old man surnamed Wang was arrested a day earlier in Kowloon Tong on suspicion of attacking a woman,…
Baptist University has said it can handle a 3 to 5 per cent cut in public funding over the next three years in the face of the Hong Kong government’s fiscal deficit, a day after City University indicated the same. Baptist University president Alexander Wai Ping-kong on Friday also expressed confidence his institution could win…
A member of Hong Kong’s Basic Law Committee has warned that Beijing could “in theory” take over national security trials in the city if the United States advances a bill to sanction judges, rendering such cases “beyond the capacity” of local courts to try. Priscilla Leung Mei-fun, also a lawmaker, on Monday maintained that it…
More than 300 mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong were victims of phone scams last year with losses reaching HK$230 million (US$29.5 million), according to the city’s security chief who added that police had logged 16 such cases in January this year alone. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Saturday that losses from…
A major global university ranking company has said the city’s new “Study in Hong Kong” campaign launched at an opportune time given the fee rises, quotas and visa problems experienced at institutions in some traditionally popular destinations in the West. But Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British-based education information firm, said Hong Kong needed to put…
Veteran Hong Kong political scientist and commentator James Sung Lap-kung has died at the age of 71. Sung died on Thursday, according to an alumni association for which he had been vice-chairman since 2022. “During his tenure, he actively promoted the development of the association and assisted in organising large-scale events, uniting alumni from all…
The newly crowned Miss Hong Kong has expressed her wish to use her status to promote women’s rights, calling for them to be given more support and for society to adopt a broader vision of beauty. Ellyn Ngai Lok-lam, dubbed the “Michele Reis of CityU” by her former classmates at City University, laid out her…