Language skills pose hurdle for mainland students arriving under Hong Kong talent scheme

Language proficiency is the biggest challenge for mainland Chinese secondary school students who have relocated to Hong Kong with their parents under government talent schemes, according to some newly arrived pupils and a principal.

Wong Ching-yung, principal of Scientia Secondary School, said on Monday that his institution in Ho Man Tin had accepted about 120 transfer students from the mainland in the new academic year.

More than 100 were from mainland families who had relocated to Hong Kong under the Top Talent Pass Scheme in the past year, with most of them being Form One and Form Four students, he said.

“We stopped taking in transfers in July as we are already at our maximum capacity, and we have over 100 students on our waiting list,” Wong added.

Many secondary schools have seen a surge in the number of transfer students from the mainland who have relocated with their parents in recent months.

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