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City logged record low of 32,500 babies born in 2022 and who are due to enter kindergarten in September.
Full-year figure is highest on record and represents a 51 per cent increase compared with 2023.
Government offering HK$250,000 in funding for each school to launch foreign language courses for Form One to Three from next academic year.
Minister says she will take reference from overseas as government responds to claims of talent schemes being abused to secure cheaper tuition.
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Lawmakers say mainland students should fill in an anti-scam questionnaire before their visas are issued.
But housing chief Winnie Ho predicts only half of the complaints can be substantiated as some mix up private homes with public rental flats.
More than 145,000 local businesses were established last year and 1,079 non-Hong Kong companies set up offices.
Professor Dennis Lo says proposal would follow existing system used for undergraduates, cites his own experience at Oxford and Cambridge.
Labour minister makes pledge just hours before another industrial accident in Lam Tin in which rolling shovel truck causes three injuries.
Government adviser on vaccines says schools that decline to take part should also have to explain decision.
Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau argues no valid reason for opting out of programme offering vaccination free of charge.
Remarks by Commissioner Chan Tsz-tat come after public debate over whether off-duty officer acted appropriately by intervening in apparent police chase.
Official urges members of the public to get vaccinated as surveillance data shows Hong Kong has entered the flu season.
There are fewer applicants and an average 13 per cent more Primary One vacancies across districts in central allocation phase this year.
Mercury dip due to approaching winter monsoon, with temperature difference between day and night over inland areas to be ‘rather large’.
Stoddart, who was 82, won Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2016 and joined department of chemistry last year.
1,210 square metre plot is currently a public car park near the former campus owned by the operator of the city’s first Catholic university.
Think tank and non-profit group warn of ‘key barriers’ preventing Hongkongers from finding suitable work, such as qualification recognition.
Funds aimed at improving students’ self-learning and will cover academic years to 2027.
Founding supervisor says school has run out of money in letter seeking help on social media.
Security Bureau says suspects used false academic qualifications to apply for universities in Hong Kong.
Draft of updated junior secondary subject aims to help students ‘recognise’ country’s contributions to science, space exploration.
Hongkongers had 2,129 babies last year in England and Wales, even as birth numbers hit nearly 50-year low in their new homes.
Lawmakers say change needed after indebted Han Academy fails to refund at least HK$6.2 million worth of debentures to parents.
Lawmaker says Han Academy is HK$100 million in debt, as school told to halt capital levy charges on parents.
Education Bureau calls on schools that persist with practice to avoid placing pressure on children and instead focus on mental health.
The Post reviews 14 schools, finding fewer students leaving for second straight year and most departure rates lower than before emigration wave.
Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho says complaints allege landlords evicted tenants in anticipation of government’s clampdown on subpar flats.
New transport chief Mable Chan also says the city’s taxi licensing system has hampered innovation efforts.
But schools sector expects the number of Form One classes is at ‘final peak’ and that the student population will decline in coming years.
