Minister defends required residency period for subsidised tertiary education, points to fivefold surge in applications between 2022, 2024
Hong Kong’s plans to impose a required residency period for children of non-local talent before they can apply for subsidised tertiary education is part of efforts to ensure fairness and the reasonable use of public funds, a minister has said.
Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin on Saturday defended the coming policy change, noting the number of relevant applications had increased fivefold between 2022 and last year.
In a bid to provide a transition period, the policy will initially require such dependants to have lived in Hong Kong for at least one year before they can apply in the 2027-28 academic year as local students and receive reduced fees.
The threshold will then be increased to two years for 2028-29 applications.
