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SED leads delegation of Mainland study tour of senior secondary subject of Citizenship and Social Development to begin visit to Guizhou (with photos)
17.11.2023

The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, together with more than 130 students and teachers from Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School joining the first Mainland study tour outside Guangdong Province of the senior secondary subject of Citizenship and Social Development (CS), today (November 17) attended the kick-off ceremony of the tour at Guiyang No.1 High School. She also led the delegation to visit multiple tour destinations in Guizhou. Addressing the ceremony, Dr Choi said that the number of routes of CS Mainland study tours has been increased to 26 in the 2023/24 school year, which includes seven routes of four to five days outside Guangdong Province, covering the Shanghai and Chongqing municipalities, and Fujian, Hunan, Zhejiang and Shaanxi Provinces, apart from Guizhou Province. As an integral part of the CS curriculum, CS Mainland study tours serve to enable students to gain first-hand knowledge of the country and its situation, and experience and appreciate Chinese culture through experiential learning, thereby enhancing their understanding of the latest developments and achievements of the country. Dr Choi expressed gratitude to the Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs of the Ministry of Education, the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Department of Education of Guizhou Province and various provincial and municipal units for their support and care for Hong Kong students, facilitating the smooth implementation of the study tour. After the ceremony, both Hong Kong and Guizhou students participated in school activities of different themes such as technology, art and labour practice. They also lunched together to deepen mutual understanding. Later, Dr Choi and the delegation toured the Baling River Guizhou Bridge Technology Museum and Baling River Bridge to learn about Guizhou's innovative and technological achievements in bridge construction. They will also visit Huangguoshu Waterfall to understand Guizhou's ecological environment. Yesterday (November 16), upon arrival in Guiyang by the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, Dr Choi and the delegation participated in a cultural study tour of the Geological Museum of Guizhou, Jiaxiu Pavilion and the Qingyun Market. Dr Choi also called on representatives of the Department of Education of Guizhou Province to exchange views on issues of mutual concern. Tomorrow morning (November 18), Dr Choi will visit the National Big Data (Guizhou) Comprehensive Pilot Zone Communication and Experience Center to learn about the development and planning of the national big data industry, before returning to Hong Kong in the afternoon. The delegation will continue its tour and visit other spots in Guizhou Province to understand the local history, culture and development of innovation and technology.
SED leads delegation to visit Guizhou
15.11.2023

The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, will lead a delegation of the first Mainland study tour outside Guangdong Province for students of the senior secondary subject of Citizenship and Social Development (CS) tomorrow morning (November 16) to visit Guizhou. During the visit, Dr Choi will tour multiple destinations of the study tour with students studying CS, and meet local students. She will also call on representatives of the Department of Education of Guizhou Province. Dr Choi will return to Hong Kong on November 18 afternoon. During her absence, the Under Secretary for Education, Mr Sze Chun-fai, will be the Acting Secretary for Education.
EDB holds sharing session on "Important spirit of President Xi Jinping's reply letter to Hong Kong students" (with photos)
28.10.2023

The Education Bureau (EDB) today (October 28) held a sharing session on the "Important spirit of President Xi Jinping's reply letter to Hong Kong students" for the student ambassadors of the Constitution and Basic Law Student Ambassadors Training Scheme to deepen their understanding of President Xi Jinping's message to young people. President Xi Jinping gave a reply letter to students of Pui Kiu Middle School in Hong Kong on July 24, conveying his earnest expectations for the young generation of the city. The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, said in her speech that to live up to the spirit of the President's reply letter, the EDB will continue to organise diversified life-wide learning activities for enabling students to delve into the history, culture and the latest national affairs of the motherland and gain a deeper understanding of global trends. Dr Choi added that this year marks the 33rd anniversary of the promulgation of the Basic Law and the Policy Address proposed enhancing the national affairs education, including strengthening the training for the Constitution and Basic Law student ambassadors. She encouraged the student ambassadors to study the Constitution and the Basic Law earnestly to understand the role of Hong Kong in the development of the country and demonstrate their leadership skills in assisting their schools to promote national education. Student ambassadors should also maintain physical and mental health for grasping every learning opportunity to accumulate knowledge and sharpen own skills and abilities with full dedication for the betterment of themselves and others. A teacher and students of Pui Kiu Middle School shared their feelings of participating in various national education activities. In addition, representatives of the Curriculum Development Institute of the EDB conducted thematic talks. The sharing session was attended by over 200 participants, including principals and teachers of primary and secondary schools, and student ambassadors from secondary schools. In the 2023/24 school year, about 7 400 student ambassadors from around 400 schools joined the Constitution and Basic Law Student Ambassadors Training Scheme.
SED to visit Xi'an
6.10.2023

The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, will depart tomorrow (October 7) for Xi'an and lead a university delegation to attend the University Alliance of the Silk Road Presidents' Forum and a conference to promote co-operation between higher education institutions of Hong Kong and Central Asia on October 8. During her visit, Dr Choi will call on representatives of the Shaanxi Provincial Government. She will also visit iHARBOUR and Xi'an Jiaotong University, attend a seminar on admission of Mainland students to Hong Kong's higher education institutions and meet local Hong Kong students. Dr Choi will return to Hong Kong on Wednesday morning (October 11). During her absence, the Under Secretary for Education, Mr Sze Chun-fai, will be the Acting Secretary for Education.
SED to visit Wuhan, Changsha and Beijing
19.9.2023

The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, will depart tomorrow (September 20) for Wuhan and lead the National Day and Professional Exchange Delegation from Hong Kong Education Sector to visit Changsha and Beijing to learn about the local education development and participate in cultural study tours. Dr Choi will visit Wuhan tomorrow and the day after (September 21). She will call on education officials of Hubei Province and visit Central China Normal University. She will depart for Changsha on September 22 to visit Hunan Normal University and meet its leaders. She will also lead the delegation to participate in local exchange and study activities. Dr Choi and the delegation will depart for Beijing on September 24 to attend exchange activities. She will also call on education officials of Beijing Municipality and visit Tsinghua University and Beijing Normal University. Dr Choi will return to Hong Kong on the afternoon of September 27. During her absence, the Under Secretary for Education, Mr Sze Chun-fai, will be the Acting Secretary for Education.
SED visits City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan) (with photos)
14.9.2023

The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, today (September 14) visited City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan) and received a briefing by the university's management on the progress of its campus development. Accompanied by the Chairman of the Council of City University of Hong Kong, Mr Lester Garson Huang, Dr Choi toured the campus and various teaching and research facilities. She said she was pleased to learn that the first phase of the campus construction had officially completed last month and that the university was pressing ahead with the preparatory work for its official establishment. Dr Choi said that the Education Bureau supports Hong Kong's higher education institutions to pursue different forms of collaboration in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Mainland cities, leveraging the characteristics and competitive edges of Hong Kong's higher education sector, creating favourable conditions for scientific research and development, knowledge transfer and commercialisation, as well as promoting exchanges and research activities of high academic standard among teachers and students in the GBA. Dr Choi hoped that with its first-class educational resources and strengths in various disciplines, City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan), upon its official commissioning, will contribute to the nurturing of innovative and internationalised top-notch talent for the country. In addition, Dr Choi visited Tsinglan School in Dongguan with Legislative Council Member Mr Chu Kwok-keung and a delegation from the education sector yesterday (September 13) to meet the school representatives and learn about the school's bilingual and international education philosophy and practical experience. They then toured the headquarters of Huawei to understand the latest innovation and technology development on the Mainland. On the same day, Dr Choi also visited China Scivest WTE Plant of Canvest Environmental Protection Group Company Limited in Dongguan to learn about related initiatives on environmental protection education. Dr Choi concluded her visit to Dongguan and returned to Hong Kong this afternoon.
SED to visit Dongguan
12.9.2023

The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, will depart for Dongguan tomorrow (September 13). She will visit City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan) to learn about the progress of campus development. She will also tour a local school and an innovation and technology enterprise. Dr Choi will return to Hong Kong on Thursday afternoon (September 14). During her absence, the Under Secretary for Education, Mr Sze Chun-fai, will be the Acting Secretary for Education.
SED visits secondary and primary schools on first school day (with photos)
4.9.2023

The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, this morning (September 4) visited Po Leung Kuk Ma Kam Ming College and Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School (Hung Hom Bay) to join their school opening ceremonies. Dr Choi first visited Po Leung Kuk Ma Kam Ming College. Addressing the school opening ceremony, she commended the school for proactively promoting positive education to enhance students' psychological well-being, and introducing external professional support to provide opportunities for students to learn positive psychology concepts. Furthermore, the school organises diversified activities to nurture students' character strengths. She also appreciated the school's great effort in implementing national education, deepening students' understanding of Chinese culture and national development and achievements with a view to cultivating in students a sense of national pride, cultural confidence, national identity, etc. Citing President Xi Jinping's reply letter to Hong Kong secondary school students, she encouraged students to strengthen their affection for and sense of belonging to the country, and sharpen their skills and abilities so that they can shoulder great responsibilities and make contributions to building a better Hong Kong and advancing national rejuvenation. Dr Choi then attended the school opening ceremony of Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School (Hung Hom Bay). Speaking at the event, she highlighted that the school opening ceremony has marked a new beginning for students to set their goals for a new path. She encouraged students to cherish time and aim high with good planning, as well as strive for excellence and embrace challenges. In addition, she listened to teachers and students sharing their campus life experiences and an introduction of the newly opened reading corner for promoting Chinese culture at the school. Dr Choi took the opportunity to encourage students to read more books on Chinese history, classics and ancient biographies to enrich their knowledge and enhance their integrity. She looked forward to students' enthusiastic participation in study tours and exchanges to appreciate different cultures and broaden their horizons. Dr Choi thanked the teaching teams of both schools for their dedication to creating a healthy, happy and caring learning environment, and their commitment to fostering students' whole-person development.
SED attends "Mainland study tour of senior secondary subject of CS thanksgiving session and launch ceremony of new school year" in Guangzhou (with photos) 
28.8.2023

The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, today (August 28) attended the "Mainland study tour of the senior secondary subject of Citizenship and Social Development (CS) thanksgiving session and launch ceremony of the new school year", jointly organised by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province and the Education Bureau (EDB) in Guangzhou. The Permanent Secretary for Education, Ms Michelle Li, also joined the event. Addressing the ceremony, Dr Choi expressed gratitude to leaders of the Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs of the Ministry of Education, the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Department of Education of Guangdong Province and the education bureaux of various municipalities for their support and care for Hong Kong students, facilitating successful completion of the study tour programme. She said that, in his recent reply letter to Hong Kong secondary students, President Xi Jinping especially encouraged students to combine reading and travelling, delve into the history and culture of the country and national affairs, strengthen their affection for and sense of belonging to the country and sharpen their skills and abilities. In the new school year, with the good experience over the past few months, the EDB will strengthen collaboration with various units to further expand the Mainland study tour programme, enrich students' learning experience, deepen the results of the study tours, inspire students' interests, and help them combine reading and travelling to fully implement the spirit of President Xi's letter. The event today was attended by over 200 representatives from Hong Kong and the Mainland. Principals and students from two Hong Kong schools shared about what they had gained from the study tours. Representatives from the Shenzhen Municipal Education Bureau and the Chaozhou Municipal Education Bureau also concluded their experiences in receiving the tours. Dr Choi, Ms Li and Mainland leaders then officiated at the launch ceremony to mark the beginning of the CS Mainland study tours in the new school year. The first CS Mainland study tour began in April this year. The tours have been well received by the education sector with over 43 000 senior secondary students and more than 5 000 teachers participating so far. The Mainland study tours in the new school year will include routes outside Guangdong Province with a longer duration. For some itineraries, pilot visits to activity bases for students' comprehensive practice in Guangzhou and Shanghai will be arranged for experiential learning in line with the CS curriculum to further broaden students' horizons. This morning, Dr Choi visited the headquarters of Tencent Holdings Limited in Shenzhen and explored opportunities for further co-operation. She will tour the Guangzhou University City tomorrow morning (August 29) to learn about its planning, operation and management. She will return to Hong Kong in the afternoon.
SED to visit Shenzhen and Guangzhou
26.8.2023

The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, will depart on Monday (August 28) for Shenzhen and Guangzhou to attend the "Mainland study tour of the senior secondary subject of Citizenship and Social Development (CS) thanksgiving session and launch ceremony of the new school year", jointly organised by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province and the Education Bureau. The Permanent Secretary for Education, Ms Michelle Li, will join the event. During the visit, Dr Choi will tour an enterprise that is a receiving unit for participants of CS study tours and the Guangzhou University City to learn about its planning, operation and management. Dr Choi will return to Hong Kong on Tuesday afternoon (August 29). During her absence, the Under Secretary for Education, Mr Sze Chun-fai, will be the Acting Secretary for Education.
70 students awarded scholarships for excellence (with photos)
25.8.2023

The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, today (August 25) officiated at the Award Presentation Ceremony 2023 of the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme (HKSES). Seventy students were selected as the ninth cohort of awardees. Speaking at the ceremony, Dr Choi said that young people are the future, hope and pillars of Hong Kong, as well as the engine for propelling the long-term development of society and the economy. The vision is to inspire young people's potential through education, and to nurture them into quality citizens with a sense of social responsibility and national identity, an affection for Hong Kong as well as an international perspective. She encouraged awardees to act as ambassadors in telling good Hong Kong stories while overseas, and make the best use of their enriched knowledge and skills upon graduation in contributing to Hong Kong and supporting Hong Kong's integration into the overall development of the country. All awardees received their formal secondary school education in Hong Kong, studying either local or non-local curricula. Among them, 57 will be pursuing undergraduate studies and 13 will be pursuing postgraduate studies at world-renowned universities. These include not only top-notch comprehensive universities but also world-class institutions specialising in particular disciplines. The awardees will pursue a wide spectrum of disciplines, with almost half of them pursuing programmes related to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Other disciplines include law, arts, culture and performing arts, medical and health sciences, and social sciences. The distribution of the awardees by different disciplines is shown in the Annex. A total of 723 applicants competed for this year's HKSES. Apart from outstanding academic achievements, the awardees also demonstrated excellence in their leadership qualities. As the selection process is ongoing, some more applicants may be offered the scholarship after today's ceremony. A list of the awardees as of today has been uploaded to the HKSES website (hkses.edb.gov.hk). First launched in November 2014, the HKSES has been regularised from the 2019/20 academic year onwards. It aims to support local students to pursue studies at world-renowned universities outside Hong Kong with a view to grooming a top cadre of talent with global vision, an international network and world-class education, thereby contributing to enhancing Hong Kong's competitiveness as Asia's world city in a globalised knowledge economy. Since its introduction, the HKSES has benefited 840 students. The key features of the scholarship scheme are available at the HKSES website. The application details of the next cohort of the HKSES will be announced shortly.
Hong Kong signs MOU with Kazakhstan on education co-operation (with photos)
17.8.2023

âThe Education Bureau (EDB) today (August 17) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan to enhance education collaboration between the two places. The MOU was signed by the Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, and the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr Sayasat Nurbek. "The MOU marks an important milestone in the partnership between Hong Kong and Kazakhstan in the field of education. We have signed 10 MOUs with countries along the Belt and Road to date. It demonstrates the Government's efforts in strengthening educational ties and exchanges with the Belt and Road countries and commitment to developing Hong Kong into a regional education hub. I am confident that the MOU will further strengthen education interflow and collaboration between the two places," Dr Choi said. The MOU provides for a framework to facilitate strategic education collaboration between Hong Kong and Kazakhstan and covers mutually beneficial initiatives, including the exchange of expertise and experience; exchange of educational literature, teaching aids and demonstration materials; as well as exchanges of scholars, teachers, experts, students and other education personnel. After the signing of the MOU, Dr Choi met Kazakh students studying in the University Grants Committee-funded universities to learn about their school life in Hong Kong and encouraged them to stay in Hong Kong for career development after graduation. She said that the Government will continue to implement measures to attract outstanding non-local students to pursue their studies in Hong Kong. The EDB has been offering the Belt and Road Scholarship since the 2016/17 academic year to encourage outstanding students from designated Belt and Road countries/regions to pursue undergraduate studies in Hong Kong. The scholarship scheme has since expanded to cover students from all Belt and Road countries/regions as well as those pursuing research postgraduate studies. Following the signing of the MOU, up to 10 scholarships will be offered annually to students from Kazakhstan from the 2024/25 academic year onwards.
New District Officer for North assumes office (with photo)
30.7.2023

Mr Derek Lai will assume the post of District Officer (North) tomorrow (July 31), succeeding Mr Chong Wing-wun. Mr Lai joined the Administrative Service in 2004. He has served in various bureaux, including the then Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau, the then Education and Manpower Bureau, the Labour and Welfare Bureau, the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, the Development Bureau and the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau. He was the Principal Assistant Secretary for Education (Higher Education) before taking up the new post.