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The Hong Kong government has launched eight local care teams to reach out to ethnic minorities in need, with each team led by a social worker and two people from ethnic minority communities as team members. Eric Chan, the city’s chief secretary, said during a launch ceremony for the new care teams on Sunday that they would “strengthen” the function of eight existing Support Service Centres for Ethnic Minorities across the city. The care teams will be run by these centres, which are fully funded by the Home Affairs Department. “Besides keeping them posted on the latest government information, t...
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Hong Kong should prepare a “civil force” to rebut criticism from the West over the city’s human rights record, which has been repeatedly called out since Beijing imposed a security law in 2020, multiple lawmakers have said. The city’s opposition-free legislature on Monday convened a panel on constitutional affairs, in which Chief Secretary Eric Chan presented a government report on a routine review by the United Nations Human Rights Council. Hong Kong, as part of China, is subject to a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) every four or five years over its rights record – a requirement for all 193 U...
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Thirty-five Hong Kong athletes will compete in 13 sporting events across France this summer at the Paris Olympics. The list was revealed at a flag presentation ceremony on Tuesday, when acting chief executive Eric Chan also announced the cash incentive awarded to gold medallists would rise to HK$6 million – up 20 per cent from the amount offered at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. Hong Kong won one gold, two silvers, and three bronze medals at the Tokyo games in 2021, a record for the city. Authorities have since poured resources into promoting sporting developments, including expediting th...
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Tuition fees at Hong Kong universities will rise by about five to six per cent annually over the next three years after being frozen for more than two decades, the government has announced. The annual tuition fee for programmes funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC) currently stands at HK$42,100, unchanged since 1997. From next year, there will be an annual increase of about HK$2,500 to bring the figure to HK$49,500 in 2027, the government said on Thursday. By comparison, British universities charge £9,250 (HK$91,671) in annual tuition fees. Speaking to reporters after attending an ev...
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