Hong Kong’s largest teacher training institute is set to increase admissions to its self-financed taught master’s programmes in the new school year to almost twice the previous number, as part of a broader initiative to ensure financial sustainability amid a declining birth rate. Professor John Lee Chi-kin, president of the Education University of Hong Kong…
During the recent “two sessions”, Chinese Premier Li Qiang reaffirmed Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems” framework and called on the city to deepen international exchanges and cooperation. It was a timely reminder of Hong Kong’s unique value to the mainland and how the city can assert its relevance in an increasingly polarised world. Back…
During the recent “two sessions”, Chinese Premier Li Qiang reaffirmed Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems” framework and called on the city to deepen international exchanges and cooperation. It was a timely reminder of Hong Kong’s unique value to the mainland and how the city can assert its relevance in an increasingly polarised world. Back…
The head of Hong Kong’s anti-graft agency has vowed to crack down on bribery cases involving the city’s imported workers amid a rising trend, but stressed there is no systemic risk of corruption among new arrivals. Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Danny Woo Ying-ming said on Thursday that investigators had held talks in…
A multiple-entry scheme granting Shenzhen residents unlimited trips to Hong Kong is likely to be expanded this year to cover travellers from other mainland Chinese cities, the city’s sole representative in the nation’s top legislative body has said, while calling for Beijing and Shanghai’s inclusion under the policy. Delegate Starry Lee Wai-king of the National…
China’s system of cultivating talent needs an overhaul if it is to serve Beijing’s ambitions to be an education power, while its universities lag far behind their peers in international appeal, the top legislature has heard. Education Minister Huai Jinpeng told a meeting of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee last week that the…