A young contract secondary school teacher who had three master’s degrees committed suicide last week. His death has drawn public attention to the pay and career prospects of contract teachers. I am de ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
... convenor Ip Kin-yuen, an education lawmaker. It's not easy to maintain HKU's century-old reputation as a leading academic institution under the circumstances, Ip quoted Mathieson as saying. Earlier, ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-21
... n widely tipped for the pro vice chancellor slot. On Jan. 26, Wen Wei Po somehow got hold of a copy of the Research Assessment Exercise 2014, a secret document of the University Grants Committee (UGC) ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-17
During question period in the Legislative Council last week, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying was subjected to constant heckling from the opposition benches. Albert Chan Wai-yip of People Power, Leung ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
... ee Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee working as if there was no tomorrow to secure her place in the race. If self-belief were a guarantee of victory, she would be a hands-down winner. However, Ms. Ip has a proble ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
... hool principals and the Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union had proposed in November 2012 that the standard class size in the secondary schools be reduced by 6 students within three years’ time. In ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
... ds Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, who pleaded for public forgiveness in tears on several occasions after the pro-Beijing lawmakers' bungled walkout, she has long had her eye on Hong Kong's top job but has now ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-09
... hool principals, teachers and students. Top officials of the Education Bureau tend to praise or disparage the schools they visit based almost entirely on their TSA test results. Teachers and students ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-04
... chairman Ip Kwok-him said the investigation may take as long as a year to be completed, adding that the panel did not discuss whether it will call more witnesses. -- Contact us at [email protected] TL ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
... ugh the trip, he can test the situation himself regarding his status following China's new law, Lee said. Meanwhile, Ho -- who is a lawyer -- said he doesn't believe he would be arrested if he enters ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
... f-censorship or whimsical headlines like “out-of-chamber voting for the bill”), and despite the “we are sorry” ads that appeared in numerous local newspapers shortly after the fiasco (perhaps they sho ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
... arket discipline. New reform initiatives have been rolling out both in the economic, financial and fiscal aspects for economic rebalancing. The government’s reforms have been tested and proven so far. ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
... ers participated in the project. The honeycomb ceiling was one of the most difficult aspects of the building. It was made of pure concrete, with no paint or tiles, which meant it had to be done perfec ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-01
... d ill-disciplined. None of the pro-Beijing legislators can get away with the responsibility for the last-minute blunder, including the 32 of them who spilled their guts outside the chamber after faili ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-29
On July 17 last year, the government suddenly closed the east wing forecourt of the Central Government Offices in Admiralty, also known as Civic Square. It then erected a three-meter-high steel perime ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-27
... th Regina Ip Lau Shuk-yee of the New People's Party and Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung of the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong are being urged to resign from the Executive Council for participa ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-26
... s and discipline which might raise an alarm in Beijing. He said Tsang may have undermined the appearance of political neutrality of his office and may have a hard time regaining his standing among his ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-25
"Loose lips sink ships" was a US propaganda slogan during World War II that warned troops and citizens alike to avoid careless talk that might be useful to the enemy. "Watch what you say on WhatsApp" ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-25
... frey Lam, Ip Kwok-him and Tam Yiu-chung, the ringleaders of a walkout that resulted in 33 pro-Beijing lawmakers missing the vote and sealing the embarrassing collapse of the Beijing-designed proposal. ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-25
... d. Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee and Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung even shed tears in public and voiced their profound remorse. One can only marvel at their performance. As for the question of who should be made accou ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-23
