#Education #Poll
Drop-out Rate Surges in Schools as Parents lose confidence in Hong Kong's Education System
On May 26, 2021, Hong Kong's Professional Teachers' Union (#PTU) published a recent poll result, revealing that both primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong are losing their students.
Out of 130 primary and 53 secondary schools that joined the survey, all of them recorded the departure of students in the school year 2021/2022.
70% of these schools have lost 1 to 20 students, while 30% have lost 21 or more. Among them, three schools saw more than 50 students leaving. Nearly one-fifth of the primary schools have to shrink the class of Primary One in the 2022/2023 school year.
More than 30% of the primary schools and more than 40% of the secondary schools stated the majority of the reasons for dropping out are emigration and pursuing education overseas.
The chairperson of the Professional Teachers' Union, Fung Wai-wah, said many parents in Hong Kong are very concerned about the political pressure, the introduction of national education and the government's changing education policy among others. Under the circumstances, more and more parents lost confidence in Hong Kong's education system, and chose to move out of Hong Kong with their children.
Source: Stand News #May26
https://beta.thestandnews.com/politics/教協調查指多間學校有學生退學-兩成小學面臨縮班-馮偉華-家長對香港教育信心減
#School #Confidence #BrainDrain #MigrationWave #NextGeneration #HongKongStudents #Parenting
Drop-out Rate Surges in Schools as Parents lose confidence in Hong Kong's Education System
On May 26, 2021, Hong Kong's Professional Teachers' Union (#PTU) published a recent poll result, revealing that both primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong are losing their students.
Out of 130 primary and 53 secondary schools that joined the survey, all of them recorded the departure of students in the school year 2021/2022.
70% of these schools have lost 1 to 20 students, while 30% have lost 21 or more. Among them, three schools saw more than 50 students leaving. Nearly one-fifth of the primary schools have to shrink the class of Primary One in the 2022/2023 school year.
More than 30% of the primary schools and more than 40% of the secondary schools stated the majority of the reasons for dropping out are emigration and pursuing education overseas.
The chairperson of the Professional Teachers' Union, Fung Wai-wah, said many parents in Hong Kong are very concerned about the political pressure, the introduction of national education and the government's changing education policy among others. Under the circumstances, more and more parents lost confidence in Hong Kong's education system, and chose to move out of Hong Kong with their children.
Source: Stand News #May26
https://beta.thestandnews.com/politics/教協調查指多間學校有學生退學-兩成小學面臨縮班-馮偉華-家長對香港教育信心減
#School #Confidence #BrainDrain #MigrationWave #NextGeneration #HongKongStudents #Parenting
#Heartwarming #MigrationWave #Diaspora
Free home meals for distressful #HongKongers in #UK
Source: Stand News; #Aug13
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Free home meals for distressful #HongKongers in #UK
Source: Stand News; #Aug13
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Free home meals for distressful #HongKongers in #UK
In recent months, heaps of Hong Kong people left the city for good and moved to England. Among them some could be financially improvised, while others could be afflicted for various reasons.
The #GoodNeighbourChurch England, a pro-democracy charity group originated in Hong Kong, launched a heartening “Free Home-cooked meals” project for Hongkongers in need, with an aim to take care not only the “tummies” but also the “hearts” of those in distress.
The project has been positively received in the UK with more volunteers signing up to cook and donate free meals.
The Good Neighbour Church England, the organizer of the project said that the project targets both youngsters and adults residing in the UK, regardless of the location.
Anyone who is homesick, longing for Hong Kong; or improvised; or unable to gather and dine with their family members can enroll for free meals.
There is no constrain set to recruit volunteers neither, so long as they “#LoveHongKong and love #Hongkongers.” The organizer also left “meal arrangement” open and flexible for the two parties to either “dine together at home” or arrange “takeaway”.
Source: Stand News; #Aug13
https://bit.ly/3gxbxoH
Free home meals for distressful #HongKongers in #UK
In recent months, heaps of Hong Kong people left the city for good and moved to England. Among them some could be financially improvised, while others could be afflicted for various reasons.
The #GoodNeighbourChurch England, a pro-democracy charity group originated in Hong Kong, launched a heartening “Free Home-cooked meals” project for Hongkongers in need, with an aim to take care not only the “tummies” but also the “hearts” of those in distress.
The project has been positively received in the UK with more volunteers signing up to cook and donate free meals.
The Good Neighbour Church England, the organizer of the project said that the project targets both youngsters and adults residing in the UK, regardless of the location.
Anyone who is homesick, longing for Hong Kong; or improvised; or unable to gather and dine with their family members can enroll for free meals.
There is no constrain set to recruit volunteers neither, so long as they “#LoveHongKong and love #Hongkongers.” The organizer also left “meal arrangement” open and flexible for the two parties to either “dine together at home” or arrange “takeaway”.
Source: Stand News; #Aug13
https://bit.ly/3gxbxoH
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Independent English bookshop in Hong Kong Closes as Owner Leaves the City
In Hong Kong, the independent English bookshop, Bleak House Books (清明堂) will be closed in mid-October, 2021. The co-founder Albert King-ho Wan announced on Sunday, August 29, 2021.
Wan and his family will be leaving Hong Kong in the near future. Wan wrote in the blog of the bookstore, "the backdrop to these developments is, of course, politics".
Albert Wan was born in the 1970s in the United States and grew up there until he moved back to Hong Kong with his family in 2016. Previously a lawyer, Albert Wan started #BleakHouseBooks in early 2018 in San Po Kong, Kowloon.
Bleak House Books mainly sells vintage English books and comics and has become popular among readers over time. The bookshop also held talks for readers to exchange reflections.
Albert Wan said that the bookshop will be closed on October 15, 2021. Wan explained that his family’s daily lives are not overtly political, "but as George Orwell once remarked, in our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics. All issues are political issues."
The closure is a decision made with great sadness, said Wan. He added that given the state of politics in Hong Kong, "My wife and I can no longer see a life for ourselves and our children in this city, at least in the near future."
Source: Stand News #Aug29
https://thestandnews.page.link/NBKUcSdHhuqu6u527
More at:
https://blog.bleakhousebooks.com.hk/the-last-memo/
#NationSecurityLaw #emigration #MigrationWave #BookStore #Lawyer #AlbertWan
In Hong Kong, the independent English bookshop, Bleak House Books (清明堂) will be closed in mid-October, 2021. The co-founder Albert King-ho Wan announced on Sunday, August 29, 2021.
Wan and his family will be leaving Hong Kong in the near future. Wan wrote in the blog of the bookstore, "the backdrop to these developments is, of course, politics".
Albert Wan was born in the 1970s in the United States and grew up there until he moved back to Hong Kong with his family in 2016. Previously a lawyer, Albert Wan started #BleakHouseBooks in early 2018 in San Po Kong, Kowloon.
Bleak House Books mainly sells vintage English books and comics and has become popular among readers over time. The bookshop also held talks for readers to exchange reflections.
Albert Wan said that the bookshop will be closed on October 15, 2021. Wan explained that his family’s daily lives are not overtly political, "but as George Orwell once remarked, in our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics. All issues are political issues."
The closure is a decision made with great sadness, said Wan. He added that given the state of politics in Hong Kong, "My wife and I can no longer see a life for ourselves and our children in this city, at least in the near future."
Source: Stand News #Aug29
https://thestandnews.page.link/NBKUcSdHhuqu6u527
More at:
https://blog.bleakhousebooks.com.hk/the-last-memo/
#NationSecurityLaw #emigration #MigrationWave #BookStore #Lawyer #AlbertWan
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獨立英文書店清明堂將結業 店主：因政治原因舉家離港 | 立場報道 | 立場新聞
香港碩果僅存的獨立英文書店清明堂（Bleak House Books）今日宣布將於 10 月中結業。店主溫敬豪...
#Hongkongers in Britain
//...the Hong Kongers are quite different from other immigrants, including other ethnic Chinese. Many have a distinct legal status and are socially atypical. They live in specific places, which they chose in a novel way. They have created distinctive self-help groups. In just a few months, they have begun to rewrite Britain’s immigrant story.
A survey by Hongkongers in Britain, a self-help group, however, found that the average age of Hong Kong residents intending to come to Britain was 37. More than two-thirds are university-educated, and the majority have children.
Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about the Hong Kongers is the speed with which they have organised themselves. In little more than a year, several well-run groups have sprung up to help migrants settle in and to lobby on their behalf. They have conducted surveys, arranged housing, legal advice and English courses, organised walking tours, testified in Parliament and much more besides.
Sadly, this self-reliance is not a choice, but a necessity. Newly arrived Hong Kongers often fear recently established Chinese community groups that are aligned with the government in Beijing. Jabez Lam, a veteran organiser at the Hackney Chinese Community Service, says that most Hong Kongers who ask him for help will not give their names. They are right to worry about hostility from other Chinese people, he says. He was roughed up in Chinatown after defending pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
Hong Kongers’ groups have two ambitions. First, they want migrants to integrate rapidly. Hence the English lessons, an enthusiasm for working with churches and gatherings like the one in Sutton, which brought Hong Kongers together with locals. “If Hong Kongers just get together with Hong Kongers, it doesn’t help—it’s another Chinatown,” explains Mr Choi. The groups stress that the migrants’ values, such as a belief in freedom and democracy, are also British ones.
Second, they want Hong Kongers to think of themselves as a community in exile. “Hong Kong is not only a place any more. It’s a diaspora, sharing values,” says Simon Cheng of Hongkongers in Britain. However comfortable and integrated they become, he thinks, Hong Kongers must remember why they had to flee. //
Read the full article:
https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/09/23/britains-newest-immigrant-group-is-unlike-any-that-came-before
Source: The Economist #Sept23
#Immigrant #BNO #Exile #Diaspora #MigrationWave #UK
//...the Hong Kongers are quite different from other immigrants, including other ethnic Chinese. Many have a distinct legal status and are socially atypical. They live in specific places, which they chose in a novel way. They have created distinctive self-help groups. In just a few months, they have begun to rewrite Britain’s immigrant story.
A survey by Hongkongers in Britain, a self-help group, however, found that the average age of Hong Kong residents intending to come to Britain was 37. More than two-thirds are university-educated, and the majority have children.
Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about the Hong Kongers is the speed with which they have organised themselves. In little more than a year, several well-run groups have sprung up to help migrants settle in and to lobby on their behalf. They have conducted surveys, arranged housing, legal advice and English courses, organised walking tours, testified in Parliament and much more besides.
Sadly, this self-reliance is not a choice, but a necessity. Newly arrived Hong Kongers often fear recently established Chinese community groups that are aligned with the government in Beijing. Jabez Lam, a veteran organiser at the Hackney Chinese Community Service, says that most Hong Kongers who ask him for help will not give their names. They are right to worry about hostility from other Chinese people, he says. He was roughed up in Chinatown after defending pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
Hong Kongers’ groups have two ambitions. First, they want migrants to integrate rapidly. Hence the English lessons, an enthusiasm for working with churches and gatherings like the one in Sutton, which brought Hong Kongers together with locals. “If Hong Kongers just get together with Hong Kongers, it doesn’t help—it’s another Chinatown,” explains Mr Choi. The groups stress that the migrants’ values, such as a belief in freedom and democracy, are also British ones.
Second, they want Hong Kongers to think of themselves as a community in exile. “Hong Kong is not only a place any more. It’s a diaspora, sharing values,” says Simon Cheng of Hongkongers in Britain. However comfortable and integrated they become, he thinks, Hong Kongers must remember why they had to flee. //
Read the full article:
https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/09/23/britains-newest-immigrant-group-is-unlike-any-that-came-before
Source: The Economist #Sept23
#Immigrant #BNO #Exile #Diaspora #MigrationWave #UK
The Economist
Britain’s newest immigrant group is unlike any that came before
The Hong Kongers are older and more influenced by YouTube
[Pets migration: Part 1]
Two Tearful Farewell Stories, Migrating with Love Ones
Translated by Guardians of Hong Kong
"Sometimes it is hard to predict when to say goodbye. Sometimes weather goes against forecast. Sometimes hope and dream gets lost.
In front of sudden departures, we are always unprepared to bid farewell properly…
'I hope this place can finally return to normal. I wish I can come back some day.'
With tears standing in her eyes, Phyllis smiled to her companions from a distance, separated by a crowd of people.
Then she turned around. What was her destination? Australia? UK? It wouldn’t matter as it wasn’t Hong Kong anyway."
Read the Fully Translated Story Here:
https://telegra.ph/Pets-migration-part-1-Two-Tearful-Farewell-Stories-Migrating-with-Love-Ones-01-02
Source: Stand News #Sep04
Author and photographer: PANG Lok-ching
#MigrationWave #PetsMigration #Pet #Hongkongers #Diaspora
Two Tearful Farewell Stories, Migrating with Love Ones
Translated by Guardians of Hong Kong
"Sometimes it is hard to predict when to say goodbye. Sometimes weather goes against forecast. Sometimes hope and dream gets lost.
In front of sudden departures, we are always unprepared to bid farewell properly…
'I hope this place can finally return to normal. I wish I can come back some day.'
With tears standing in her eyes, Phyllis smiled to her companions from a distance, separated by a crowd of people.
Then she turned around. What was her destination? Australia? UK? It wouldn’t matter as it wasn’t Hong Kong anyway."
Read the Fully Translated Story Here:
https://telegra.ph/Pets-migration-part-1-Two-Tearful-Farewell-Stories-Migrating-with-Love-Ones-01-02
Source: Stand News #Sep04
Author and photographer: PANG Lok-ching
#MigrationWave #PetsMigration #Pet #Hongkongers #Diaspora