Hong Kong to raise non-local university student intake ceiling to 40% – reports
Under the current admission scheme, eight public universities in Hong Kong offer a total of 15,000 first-year degree places to local students. The proposal would allow universities to admit up to 6,000 non-local undergraduates.
Former Hong Kong district councillor arrested over unlicensed pension fund sales
Derek Chu, an ex-district councillor for Yau Tsim Mong, was arrested on suspicion of breaching the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance.
Hong Kong court rejects gov’t appeals over public housing rights for same-sex couples
The Court of Appeal judges said married same-sex couples should be treated as equal to heterosexual couples in the provision of public or subsidised housing.
Hong Kong to set up booths to promote ‘patriots-only’ District Council elections at ‘night vibes’ markets
“We will have ‘district election night vibes,’” Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang said, adding that booths promoting the “patriots-only” District Council elections at night markets allows for “closer interactions with citizens.”
Hong Kong finds Japanese seafood products suspected of breaching Fukushima wastewater import ban
Chilled scallops and seaweed products suspected to have been from Miyagi, Tokyo and Ibaraki Prefectures were discovered by the Centre for Food Safety, according to a statement.
China’s Baidu says its upgraded AI bot rivals latest ChatGPT
Robin Li, Baidu’s founder and CEO, said during a presentation that ERNIE’s “comprehension, creation, logic, and memory… are in no way inferior to those of GPT-4,“ referring to OpenAI’s latest model.
Students should be protected as Rosaryhill sec. school slated for closure, says Hong Kong leader
School supervisor He Yousun announced the news last month, citing declining student enrolment and changing government regulations.