Hong Kong students ‘not victims’ in global university hub push: education chief

Hong Kong students ‘not victims’ in global university hub push: education chief

Local students are “beneficiaries and participants” in the process of turning Hong Kong into an international higher education hub, a government minister has said, amid concerns that they will become “victims” whose interests are being undermined. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin also told lawmakers on Friday that authorities would closely monitor the need to…

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Exclusive | Hong Kong’s universities will not be asked to return funds again: minister

Exclusive | Hong Kong’s universities will not be asked to return funds again: minister

Hong Kong’s public universities will not be asked to return funds from their reserves again, the city’s education minister has said, months after authorities announced an unprecedented clawback of HK$4 billion (US$513 million) from eight institutions. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin also said that an “accountability agreement” signed by the University Grants Committee (UGC)…

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Hong Kong DSE: 16 students achieve perfect scores, highest in exam’s history

Hong Kong DSE: 16 students achieve perfect scores, highest in exam’s history

Sixteen students have achieved perfect scores in Hong Kong’s university entrance exams, the highest number in the programme’s history and up from last year’s 11, according to authorities. One top Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) scorer secured the highest grade across seven subjects, including three core ones and four electives and the extended maths module,…

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