Hong Kong’s security chief has accused a former examinations official of spreading rumours about the recent death of a secondary school student during a study tour in mainland China. Secretary for Security Chris Tang. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Social media page “Edu Lancet,” which describes itself as a platform for “voicing concerns” about the education…
The number of children of non-local professionals enrolled into public universities almost trebled over the last two years, prompting education authorities to consider finding extra undergraduate places for them to avoid competition with Hong Kong students. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin said on Wednesday that the results of a review into the definition of…
A former teaching assistant has been jailed for two weeks in Hong Kong and fined HK$5,000 (US$643) for leaking university entrance exam questions on a mainland Chinese social media platform to promote herself ahead of the launch of a private tuition business. Lau Kwun-hei, 23, was escorted to Eastern Court on Wednesday to be sentenced…