Hong Kong schoolchildren living in mainland China unlikely to return to class when face-to-face teaching resumes next week

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More than 2,000 senior secondary school students living in mainland China are expected to be among the first batch of pupils allowed to return to school in Hong Kong without needing to quarantine.

More than 2,000 senior secondary school students living in mainland China are expected to be among the first batch of pupils allowed to return to school in Hong Kong without needing to quarantine, the Education Bureau has revealed.

“As a number of the fine implementation details have yet to be finalised, it is expected that the new arrangement will not come into effect on May 27.” The bureau revealed further details of how cross-border pupils could travel to the city from their home in the mainland, after the city’s authorities first said in late April that those children would be exempted from the 14-day mandatory quarantine.

According to the initial plan, cross-border pupils would be allowed to enter the city through Shenzhen Bay or Lok Ma Chau border point between Monday and Friday. Lok Ma Chau would be opened for schoolchildren but no one else. Schools in Tai Po and the North district are among those which have a higher proportion of cross-border students given their proximity to the mainland.

 

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