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IANS | 21 May, 2020
More than 2,000 senior secondary school students living in mainland
China are expected to be among the first batch of pupils allowed to
return to school in Hong Kong without needing to quarantine, the
Education Bureau has revealed.
But the government's preliminary
plan, which it released on Wednesday, gives no timescale for that to
happen, meaning children were unlikely to be able to return alongside
their local classmates on May 27, reports the South China Morning Post
(SCMP) newspaper.
"As class resumption arrangements involve
various areas including immigration control of the two places, epidemic
prevention and control policies and transportation arrangements, we will
continue to coordinate with different parties," a spokesman for the
bureau said.
"As a number of the fine implementation details have
yet to be finalised, it is expected that the new arrangement will not
come into effect on May 27."
Under the proposals, the Lok Ma Chau
border point, which has been closed since early February to contain the
spread of COVID-19, would also be reopened, but only to allow
cross-border pupils to travel to Hong Kong for school.
Some
school principals told the SCMP they were disappointed the mainland
pupils could not start school on time, and urged the authorities to open
up more border points.
The bureau spokesman said further
consideration would be needed before fixing a date for the arrangement,
and urged schools to help pupils to continue to learn at home.
According
to the initial plan, cross-border pupils would be allowed to enter the
city through Shenzhen Bay or Lok Ma Chau border point between Monday and
Friday.
Lok Ma Chau would be opened for schoolchildren but no one else.
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