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Archive - 16 June 2018 16:50

class sizes hong kong
Community & Education • HKFP Voices

As Hong Kong’s birth rate drops, let’s slash class sizes instead of closing schools

16 June 2018 16:50
1967 riots
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Holes in our history: today’s students could learn much from the 1967 riots

16 June 2018 13:00
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Explainer: How Hong Kong’s controversial rail link law was pushed through using four unprecedented tactics

16 June 2018 11:29
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In translation: ‘To stay or to leave Hong Kong?’ – A letter from jailed localist Edward Leung, written before his sentencing

16 June 2018 11:00
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In Pictures: Animal activists protest at Maxim’s HQ over their continued sale of shark fin

16 June 2018 10:45
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Police to investigate Hung Hom station corner-cutting scandal based on latest MTR report

16 June 2018 10:35
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‘Land belongs to the people!’: Hong Kong golf course row exposes city’s social divide

16 June 2018 08:00

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