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🔮 Hong Kong public universities’ non-local fees jump by up to 26% as quota expands
HKU medicine, dentistry fees more than double to HK$590,000, with online users on RedNote saying hikes are ‘going too far’
Hong Kong public universities will raise undergraduate tuition fees for non-local students by up to 26 per cent in the 2027-28 academic year, marking the sharpest increase in recent years as institutions adjust to an expanded quota.
🔮 New rules barring applicants from bringing along families have raised concerns among some Hongkongers on study-to-migrate pathway
Hongkongers aiming to settle in Australia through a bespoke study-to-migrate pathway will not be exempt from new rules barring applicants from bringing along their families, the country’s home affairs authorities have said.
🔮 Subsidised physiotherapy places slashed by third amid graduate job crunch
Cuts come as physiotherapy graduates face a tight job market amid ongoing healthcare budget constraints and a surge in new practitioners
Hong Kong education authorities have cut the number of subsidised places for physiotherapy and occupational therapy programmes at three self-financing institutions by about a third for the 2027-28 school year amid a graduate job crunch.
A physiotherapy association backed the reduction to avoid worsening unemployment in the sector, saying any future increase would depend on the government budget.
🔮 “Starting from the next class, attendance will be recorded by scanning a QR code through WeChat.
🔮 Education chief Christine Choi says institutions may seek government loans to build campuses, but those that do not will be given priority
Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin said on Thursday that institutions could opt to take out a government loan to build their campuses, but those that did not do so would be given priority.
🔮 Hong Kong to offer ‘attractive’ merger deals for schools beyond those struggling
Source says demand exist even among schools with healthy enrolment, provided authorities offer more resources and support
Hong Kong education authorities will offer a “very attractive” proposal and policy support to encourage schools without survival issues to merge amid the shrinking student population, according to official sources.
🔮 New visa category among spate of new talent-trawling measures unveiled in city leader John Lee’s latest policy address
A new visa intended to attract international talent to participate in short-term training programmes in Hong Kong could become available as early as the first quarter of next year, the South China Morning Post has learned.
🔮 Tower called Loop Academy One, city leader says, while also revealing official names for the three university towns in Northern Metropolis
The first building in the 1,000-hectare (2,472-acre) university town project in the Northern Metropolis will be completed by the end of this year, Hong Kong’s leader has said, revealing that the flagship tower is called Loop Academy One.
🔮 Hong Kong to sweeten school merger deals, offer housing measures to lift births
Source tells SCMP that city leader John Lee will reveal additional incentives to boost births and encourage school mergers in policy address
Hong Kong authorities are expected to provide more incentives to encourage under-enrolled public schools to merge to survive, while announcing housing measures and tax reductions to tackle the falling birth rate in this week’s policy address, the South China Morning Post has learned.
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