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Closing struggling Hong Kong schools ‘spares parents from future problems’
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Closing struggling Hong Kong schools in the short term will prevent future problems for parents, the education minister has said, warning that the city has already exhausted all mitigation measures to reduce the impact of the shrinking pupil population. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin said on Wednesday the problem of under-enrolment remained unresolved despite authorities having resorted to different “soft-landing” means to support the sector in response to the structural...