SCMP | Have Hong Kong’s society and schools failed ethnic minority students?
In the News
Browse our collection of media reports related
to the teaching of Chinese to children from
non-Chinese speaking backgrounds in Hong Kong.
- May 16, 2023
- 1 min
HKFP | New computer app shows Cantonese pronunciation
- Apr 11, 2023
- 1 min
HKFP | Chinese language requirement a barrier to Med School applicants from EM groups
- Mar 31, 2023
- 1 min
China Daily | Improve Children's education to secure Hong Kong's future
- Sep 17, 2022
- 1 min
SCMP | A history of Chinese Second Language Learning
- Sep 12, 2022
- 1 min
HKFP | HK minorities share their stories and struggles
- Aug 9, 2022
- 1 min
Hong Kong Standard | Oxfam’s language support scheme improves ethnic minority children’s Chinese
- Jul 30, 2022
- 1 min
SCMP | Can Hong Kong’s ethnic minority children master Chinese? It’s an uphill struggle.
- Jul 22, 2022
- 1 min
RTHK | Standardised conversion tool needed for non-local Chinese exams.
- Jul 14, 2022
- 1 min
SCMP | Progress in learning Chinese as a second language can’t be measured by money spent
- Jul 13, 2022
- 1 min
RTHK Backchat: Discussion of the Chinese language learning needs of ethnic minority students
- Jul 5, 2022
- 1 min
RTHK 鏗鏘集: Schools helping teach children from NCS familes.
- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
Hong Kong Free Press | HK must pursue true racial integration
- Feb 15, 2022
- 1 min
RTHK | Hashtag Hong Kong.
- Dec 31, 2021
- 1 min
RTHK: Interview with CALHK Co-founder Maggie Holmes- supporting Chinese learning among CAL students
- Dec 15, 2021
- 1 min
RTHK Backchat | Teaching Chinese to ethnic minority students.
- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
SCMP | Guidelines needed for school funding to teach Chinese to ethnic minority students
- Oct 10, 2021
- 1 min
SCMP Young Post | British teen shares how learning Cantonese led her to start a YouTube channel
- Oct 5, 2021
- 1 min
Stand News | HK Unison calls for rebuild of Chinese Second Language Policy.
- Aug 31, 2021
- 1 min
Asia Sentinel: HK's Minority Students in Uphill Language Battle
- Jul 9, 2021
- 1 min
香港01 | HK Society benefits so much from our multi-lingual young citizens!
- Jun 29, 2021
- 1 min
香港01 | Strengthen teacher training and support children from non-Chinese families in local schools
- May 13, 2021
- 1 min
SCMP | Implementation guidelines and outcome tracking metrics needed for NCS Grant, says HK Unison
- May 10, 2021
- 1 min
HKFP | HK School system leaves non-Chinese minorities behind.
- May 8, 2021
- 1 min
SCMP | Online learning pushes children from ethnic minority families down the learning curve
- Apr 29, 2021
- 1 min
HKFP | Government auditors say HK's ethnic minority children need more help learning Chinese
- Apr 29, 2021
- 1 min
The Standard | Schools receiving non-Chinese speaking grant not monitored by Education Bureau
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
SCMP | Online lessons may cause children from non-Chinese speaking households to fall behind.
- Feb 13, 2021
- 1 min
HKFP | Schools should use Jyutping to teach Chinese to children from non-Chinese speaking families.
- Jan 30, 2021
- 1 min
SCMP: Chinese lessons translate into success for ethnic minority pupils
- Jan 29, 2021
- 1 min
Ming Pao 明報 | The experience of children from ethnic minority groups studying Chinese in Hong Kong.
- Jan 14, 2021
- 1 min
MingPao | Kulsoom's Dad insisted she learn Chinese. Now she is studying Nursing at HKU.
- Dec 13, 2020
- 1 min
HKFP | Why the ‘Non-Chinese Speaking’ tag is doing real harm to Hong Kong’s non-Chinese pupils
- Nov 25, 2020
- 1 min
The Chief Executive's 2020 Policy Address
- Nov 24, 2020
- 1 min
Stand News | Hong Kong Unison: Lack of teacher training for Chinese as a Second Language teachers.
- Aug 30, 2020
- 1 min
SCMP | Academic marginalisation of HK’s ethnic minority groups increases amid coronavirus pandemic
- Aug 22, 2020
- 1 min
CNN | Spat at & segregated: Hong Kong's dark-skinned minorities say they've never felt accepted
- Aug 21, 2020
- 1 min
HKFP | Cantonese is the key to success for Hong Kong’s ethnic minorities
- Jul 13, 2020
- 1 min
HKFP | Should we expect non-Chinese Hongkongers to learn Cantonese?
- Jun 22, 2020
- 1 min
The Standard | Survey finds hurdles to hiring ethnic minorities
- Jun 4, 2020
- 1 min
SCMP | How comedian Vivek Mahbubani came to be the funniest person in HK – in Cantonese and English
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
hk01 | How can NCS students learn online if they don't understand the questions?
- Apr 4, 2020
- 2 min
hk01 | School closures mean a loss of Chinese language environment for ethnic minority students
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1 min
Reuters | NCS students may fall behind as Coronavirus Forces Online Learning.
- Mar 16, 2020
- 1 min
HKFP | Improving the quality of education for non-Chinese speaking students requires effort
- Feb 28, 2020
- 1 min
HKFP | Hong Kong Teachers have a professional responsibility to non-Chinese speaking learners.
- Feb 25, 2020
- 1 min
China Daily | Teaching Chinese to ethnic minority requires commitment
- Feb 3, 2020
- 1 min
SCMP | To tackle poverty, Hong Kong must end discrimination against all minorities
- Jan 23, 2020
- 1 min
SCMP | Hong Kong schools struggling to teach Chinese to ethnic minority students.
- Jan 10, 2020
- 1 min
Bastille Post | The Hong Kong Pakistani teacher who teaches Chinese to ethnic minority students.
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