University of Hong Kong (HKU) vice chancellor Peter Mathieson is defending his actions relating to freedom of expression in the wake of public criticism. “I have at no time said that discussion of Hon ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-27
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) said the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) violated privacy rules over the leak of screenshots relating to a poster on the death ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-21
Tragedy struck on the morning of Sept. 7 when the oldest son of Undersecretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin jumped to his death from the family home. I was completely shocked and deeply sadden ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-18
Just last week, I was on holiday with my husband and 14-month son and we were staying in a hotel. As soon as my curious son entered the room, he started exploring and looking to see all the new and wo ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-15
If you are a mother, how would you feel if your children taunted another mother whose young son committed suicide? Would you be ashamed of your children for putting up posters at a college campus “con ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-14
The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) has urged the public not to view its students as a problematic lot just because some offensive posters made their way onto the so-called democracy wall on ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-12
No one would have expected that an offensive message targeting Undersecretary for Education Christine Choi posted on the democracy wall at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) would develop i ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-12
Public outrage is pouring out over vicious comments posted on a wall of a school shortly after a son of Education Undersecretary Christine Choi Yuk-lin jumped to his death from the family home on Thur ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-08
A 25-year-old man jumped to his death on Thursday morning from a luxury high-rise building near the Kowloon MTR station. Police identified the man as Poon Hong-yan, a son of Undersecretary for Educati ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-08
The other day, I was in a shopping mall and leaving the building. I pulled the door open to walk out but as there were people walking in, I held the door open for them first. And as they were walking ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-01
Education is one of the key pillars of Hong Kong's success. However, government officials have failed to establish a good system to help local students equip themselves. Instead, they have made local ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-09
The farce that rejoices in the name of the political responsibility system has yet again demonstrated that it's a dismal failure. Chief Executive Carrie Lam has just announced a slew of undersecretary ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-04
A friend shared this story about a pottery teacher. The teacher came up with an idea to help his pottery students achieve the best artwork. First he divided his class into two groups. For one group, h ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-04
Five years after the government abandoned the patriotic education curriculum in local schools, Hong Kong parents are on alert for another round of red education after Chief Executive Carrie Lam appoin ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-02
I've just spent the past week in the US and even though I lived here during my studies, I'm still shocked by the vast amounts of space, large food portions and the number of TV channels that are avail ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-21
Carrie Lam appears to have got off to a good start as Hong Kong's chief executive with a dramatic surge in her popularity ratings. But talk that she may appoint two undersecretaries with close ties wi ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-12
Harvard University made a bold move a couple of months ago. It rescinded offers from 10 incoming freshman students who would have been class of 2021. These 10 students had been given offers to start c ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-07
I recently saw a situation where a little boy fell on the ground and an adult hurriedly came over to see if he was okay. It was just a slip so the boy was fine but the adult immediately said, “The flo ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-16
As Chief Executive-elect Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor prepares to take office, there has been much talk recently in political circles that she is awaiting Beijing's approval on her list of choices for h ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-02
I once did an informal survey asking parents what they think the most important character trait is. I gave them a wide range of choices including responsibility, perseverance, empathy, compassion, gra ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-26
