The Aporia · Hong Kong semi-private schools admit 20 more non-local students under expansion scheme

William Yiu

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🔮 Hong Kong’s Lingnan University scraps English exit test for graduation Undergraduates will take internal courses instead of exit exams, as university dismisses concerns over standards Lingnan University in Hong Kong has scrapped its requirement for undergraduates to pass an English proficiency test before graduating, replacing it with internal language classes.

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🔮 The fall in both popularity and admission scores came after the government announced last year that recurrent public expenditure would be cut by 1 to 2 per cent in 2025-26, with the arrangement extended to 2027-28.

2026-10-11 · assertive framing · Admission scores fall for Hong Kong physiotherapy courses amid jobs crunch

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2026-10-03 · assertive framing · Hong Kong public universities’ non-local fees jump by up to 26% as quota expands

🔮 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.

2026-09-27 · assertive framing · Australia just changed its visa rules. So what about its bespoke Hong Kong pathway?

🔮 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.

2026-09-21 · assertive framing · Subsidised physiotherapy places slashed by third amid graduate job crunch

🔮 “Starting from the next class, attendance will be recorded by scanning a QR code through WeChat.

2026-09-18 · assertive framing · CUHK department triggers backlash over WeChat attendance registration policy

🔮 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.

2026-09-17 · speculative framing · Self-funded campuses favoured in Hong Kong’s new university towns

🔮 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.

2026-09-16 · mixed framing · Hong Kong to offer ‘attractive’ merger deals for schools beyond those struggling

🔮 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.

2026-09-16 · mixed framing · Hong Kong’s new training visa could be available in first quarter of 2027

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Hong Kong semi-private schools admit 20 more non-local students under expansion scheme Pilot scheme draws students from Thailand, South Korea, Singapore, Europe and the US, while school head calls for government-funded promotion and scholarships Around 20 more non-local students have been admitted to Hong Kong semi-private schools under a government scheme to boost the city’s status as an international education hub, with a school head urging authorities to do more to promote the initiative to prospective pupils. asserted

head → admit → pupils

Education authorities said on Wednesday that the non-local students holding student visas this year came from countries including Thailand, South Korea, Singapore, the United States and several European nations. asserted

students → say → Thailand

Ida Lee Bik-sai, deputy secretary for education, wrote on the bureau’s blog that a total of 170 non-local pupils holding student visas had enrolled in Direct Subsidy Scheme schools on a self-financing basis, up 13 per cent from last year. asserted

total → write → year

The schools cover both primary and secondary levels. asserted

schools → cover → levels

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