How Chinese history lessons can benefit Hong Kong students

I refer to the article, “Nothing wrong with school history textbooks reflecting Chinese view of Hong Kong handover, Carrie Lam says” (April 24).

The issue of whether Chinese history should be promoted as a subject and introduced to the secondary school syllabus has caused controversy in Hong Kong. 

In recent years, the authorities in Beijing have become increasingly proactive in Hong Kong affairs and elections, including on the promotion of national education. This has raised fears among many Hongkongers that the central government wants to reverse Hong Kong’s values and step up defence of its own.

However, I agree with Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, that many people have overreacted to the findings of the Education Bureau’s external textbook review group about references to the 1997 return of Hong Kong to mainland China.