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China trains a 'patriotic' generation' of 'future warriors'
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong has quietly removed books that might offer alternative viewpoints from public libraries, and publicly commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre is a criminal offence. Even schools not singing the national anthem with sufficient gusto are called out for criticism by the educati
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Hong Kong schools shut, flights cancelled as super typhoon Saola approache
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Schools in Hong Kong have been shut and flights have been cancelled as super typhoon Saola approaches. It is forecast to hit the city later in the day and could be the worst storm to hit the city in five years, reported CNN.
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Under China's pressure, Hong Kong schools become more patriotic
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 25 (ANI): Ten years ago, thousands of Hong Kong students took to the streets to protest against proposed curriculum changes, which they believed were designed to brainwash and push critical thinking out of the classroom, but surprisingly, now their schools have become m
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Experts raise concern over Hong Kong schools anthem law
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 22 (ANI): With the aim to promote a sense of Chinese identity among students, a new law requires Hong Kong public schools to raise the Chinese flag and sing China's national anthem, a practice that experts say is "dangerous" and "ineffective".
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80 pc of Hong Kong schools say guidelines under national security law hard
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 7 (ANI): Nearly 80 per cent of schools in Hong Kong have said new guidelines for "instilling patriotism" in children, under the city's national security law, were "very difficult" to implement, according to a survey.
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Hong Kong pushes for surveillance cameras in classrooms to monitor teacher
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, January 22 (ANI): In order to further clamp down on dissent against the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong, pro-establishment lawmakers argued on Friday that surveillance cameras should be installed in Hong Kong schools to monitor teachers' speech.
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Hong Kong schools told to remove books that might violate new national sec
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 7 (ANI): Hong Kong Education Bureau has recommended schools to review their book collections and remove those titles that may breach the draconian national security law.
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Corononavirus: Hong Kong schools will remain shut beyond Easter
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 26 (ANI): Owing to the coronavirus outbreak, schools in Hong Kong which had remained shut for over three weeks are set to not open after Easter holidays even as the university entrance exams will go ahead as scheduled, Hong Kong education officials said on Tuesday.
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Classes at Hong Kong schools to remain suspended on Monday over 'safety co
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Nov 17 (Xinhua/ANI): The Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Sunday announced the extension of the suspension of classes at schools to Monday over safety concerns.
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