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๐ŸŒŠ School closures 'inevitable' in the face of falling enrolment

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๐ŸŒŠ School closures 'inevitable' in the face of falling enrolment

In other news, Hong Kong's poverty rate hits a 12-year high but the government sees differently...

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Nov 10, 2021
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๐ŸŒŠ School closures 'inevitable' in the face of falling enrolment

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Good morning,

Going to college in the US while writing for High Tide has really messed up my spelling (American vs. British).

Today, I spent way too long getting confused about โ€˜enrolmentโ€˜ vs. โ€˜enrollmentโ€˜โ€ฆ

~ Sze Yu


On Todayโ€™s Tide:

  1. Hong Kong schools facing falling enrolment

  2. COVID testing frenzy in TST and Discovery Bay

  3. Poverty rate hits 12-year high

  4. Events & Exhibitions

Paid Tide readers get access to:

  1. Street sleepers sue the government

  2. Other news & updates!


Hong Kong schools facing falling enrolment

Dozens of primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong are facing inevitable closures as a result of declining enrolment, says president of the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers. The drop in new pupils has been attributed to the recent wave of emigration, the cityโ€™s low birth rate and the loss of cross-border students who are unable to enter Hong Kong due to travel restrictions.

Since the introduction of the National Security Law in mid-2020, data from the Census and Statistics Department in August showed nearly 90,000 residents (1.2% of the cityโ€™s population) left Hong Kong during the year. The Education Bureau projects the number of six-year-olds to drop 14.5% and the number of 12-year-olds to drop 5% from 2022 to 2029.

Wong said he expects the number of school closures to be in the โ€œdouble digitsโ€.

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COVID news

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Hong Kong SAR Government News @newsgovhk
The Centre for Health Protection announces it is investigating five additional imported cases of #COVID19, among them, three are flight crew members who belong to groups of people who can be exempted from #CompulsoryQuarantine news.gov.hk/eng/2021/11/20โ€ฆ
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Coronavirus in Hong Kong

  • New cases:ย 5 (imported)

Large-scale testing in Discovery Bay and TST

A Cathay Pacific pilot living in Discovery Bay recently tested positive for COVID-19, sparking a compulsory Covid-19 screening exercise on Wednesday. Anybody who visited Cali-Mex Bar & Grill in Siena Avenue, buses serving a route between Discovery Bay Plaza and Tung Chung railway station, as well as the townโ€™s pier and Discovery Bay International School were required to get tested.

A residential building in TST was also put under lockdown after a resident tested positive. No COVID-19 infections were found. In related news, travel from New Zealand has been upgraded to medium-risk, meaning incoming travelers are subject to a 14-day quarantine.


Poverty rate hits 12-year high

The annual Poverty Situation Report, released on Wednesday, revealed that Hong Kongโ€™s poverty rate (now one in five) has hit its highest point since record-keeping began 12 years ago. The government attempted to direct focus towards its โ€˜post-intervention poverty rateโ€˜ of 7.9%, calculated using data after taking into effect the governmentโ€™s policies of recurrent cash handouts and other fiscal stimulus.

โ€œPoor people have been hit the hardest during the year of the pandemic, from job losses to underemployment and homelessness. The government must not turn a blind eye to the serious findings in its own report,โ€ said Sze Lai-shan, representative of the Society for Community Organisation. Sze also claimed that last yearโ€™s mass unemployment was a direct result of the governmentโ€™s tough social distancing policies.

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Events & Exhibitions

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Jewish Film Festival

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Canada in Hong Kong @CanCGHongKong
๐ŸŽฌ#TheHongKongJewishFilmFestival is back to the theatre with a great line-up of films this November! ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ#Canadian title โ€œ#OutremontandtheHasidimโ€, directed by Eric R. Scott will be screened on Nov 20 at Asia Society in HK. Details and Tickets: bit.ly/3btbLdv
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One of the films featured at this upcoming festival is โ€œOutremont and the Hasidimโ€, a Canadian film centred around a community of Orthodox Jews living in Montreal.

Get your festival tickets

Day of the Dead โ€“ Art Alive

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In partnership with DOT Initiative, the Consulate General of Mexico is proud to present the exhibition ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™–๐™™ โ€“ ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€.
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From the Twitter account of the Consulate of Mexico to HK: โ€œBuilding on the concept of the traditional โ€œAltar de Muertosโ€, three Mexican artists have created original installations that incorporate digital art, video and sound, bringing a contemporary perspective on this important festivity.โ€

When: 2-12 November, 2021 between 9AM-1PM and 3PM-5PM

Where: 2507-2509, 25/F Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Chillin Jazz Fest

Musicianโ€™s Foundationโ€™s jazz fest is back! Founded in May, the charityโ€™s activities all support live musicians in Hong Kong. The first (much smaller) edition of the jazz fest took place in July, despite massive COVID fears and stringent regulation. Now that everythingโ€™s loosened up a bit, what better way to support your favourite jazz bands than to show up and chill?

Where: Tuen Mun, Gold Coast Piazza
When: Nov 13-14; 12:30-6pm
Entry: Free!

Full line up here

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