Cuts come as physiotherapy graduates face a tight job market amid ongoing healthcare budget constraints and a surge in new practitioners.
Department later clarifies rule after students raise privacy concerns over using mainland app and location tracking to register class attendance.
Education chief Christine Choi says institutions may seek government loans to build campuses, but those that do not will be given priority.
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Source says demand exist even among schools with healthy enrolment, provided authorities offer more resources and support.
New visa category among spate of new talent-trawling measures unveiled in city leader John Lee’s policy address.
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Tower called Loop Academy One, city leader says, while also revealing official names for the three university towns in Northern Metropolis.
Source says city leader John Lee will unveil additional incentives to boost births and encourage school mergers in policy address.
Parties’ ‘fundamental’ differences would have led to more litigation if their partnership had continued, insider tells South China Morning Post.
City leader to offer support for second straight year to assist local news companies in building global networks, source says.
Hong Kong universities attracting growing number of students from Central Asian country, with enrolment up by 408 per cent in eight years.
Camp organisers admit serious mismanagement, dissolve executive committee after video of half-naked man carrying woman at party sparked concern.
Hong Kong flag carrier says extension due to situation in Mideast, with services to both cities cancelled up to and including November 30.
Authorities remind two schools to think about students’ needs after complaints about long lines outside campuses while inspections carried out.
Contraction hits Kwai Tsing hardest, where nearly half the district’s 31 primary schools forced to trim Primary One intake.
Former chief justice Geoffrey Ma oversaw mediation between Hong Kong International School and Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, source says.
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Transport Department said Percival Street section closed due to incident, adding traffic in area was heavy.
City’s poor industrial safety record, including 15 fatalities so far this year, marked by bad habits and broader systemic and planning issues.
Authorities aim to encourage more students to take science subjects at the senior secondary level.
Number of non-DSE students in Hong Kong public universities surges 63 per cent, while local exam-takers fall to 72 per cent of intake.
Professional group expects glut as growing number of local undergraduates and practitioners returning from overseas enter stagnant job market.
Investigation by Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data finds 96 per cent of those affected in May cyberattack were from City University.
Admission rate for NCS students sitting university entrance exam has remained persistently low over past five academic years.
In order for universities to expand successfully into the Northern Metropolis, clear development parameters, timelines and financing models are needed.
Sunny Sun already secured a place on HKU’s Distinguished MedScholar medicine track before her results were released.
Dennis Lo says the government’s HK$10 billion loan scheme is inadequate and local universities must expand to meet future challenges and compete globally.
Curriculum of mandatory general education programme for undergrads to be reformed as university maps out development strategy.
Distressed applicants vent frustrations online following retraction of offers hours after being sent.
Hong Kong exam body says fee increase will support ‘sustainable and effective operation’ as three-year pilot scheme ends.
University of Hong Kong says global search will be launched for successor of Xiang Zhang who announced he would leave post in 2028.
Admissions consultant attributes growth to 2022 introduction of top talent scheme, but kindergarten sector continues decade-long decline.