The Declining Craze for Studying at Hong Kong Universities
Commenting on the declining number of applications for Hong Kong universities by mainland Chinese students, the Dean says in an interview with The Paper that Hong Kong remains as a gateway to China where East meets West, and the city is safe
According to statistics from two universities in Hong Kong, the number of mainland Chinese students admitted to both has continued to increase in the 2015 academic year but the number of mainland applicants has dropped sharply. This indicates that the craze for studying at Hong Kong universities is dying down.
Commenting on this phenomenon in an interview with the Shanghai-based The Paper《澎湃新聞》, an emerging online media owned by Oriental Morning Post《東方早報》, Prof. Kalok Chan, Dean of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School and Wei Lun Professor of Finance, admits that the number of applications from mainland Chinese students has declined in the past two years. Despite this, Dean Chan adds that Hong Kong is a safe place and the city’s economy has not undergone a recession even though its economic growth rate has fallen behind the mainland.
Prof. Chan emphasises that Hong Kong remains an East-Meets-West gateway to China. Even though top students from the mainland may not select Hong Kong as the destination for their undergraduate studies, he welcomes them to pursue their masters or postdoctoral degrees at CUHK Business School… Read More (PDF)
This story has also been reprinted by 16 online media outlets in mainland China so far, including CNR《中國廣播網》, Sohu《搜狐》, Sounthern Daily《南方日報》, Tencent Education《騰訊教育》and more.
The original story is available in Chinese only.
As a side note, Prof. Chan was interviewed by five top-tier media outlets on 16 June 2015 in Shanghai, including the 21st Century Business Herald《21世紀經濟報道》, Business Management Review《商學院》, China Business News《第一財經日報》, Oriental Morning Post《東方早報》and The Paper《澎湃新聞》.
Source: The Paper《澎湃新聞》
Date published: 17 July, 2015