The government must seriously reflect on the rising enrolments at international and private schools even as local schools struggle to keep primary one classes filled
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenAlice WuAlice Wu is a political consultant and a former associate director of the Asia Pacific Media Network at UCLA. Published: 9:30am, 7 Sep 2026The vast majority of Hong Kong’s students are back in school now. With traffic expected to be horrendous last week, it was good that the government sounded the warning early, urging residents to allow more time for their morning commute.The government did more than that, actually. The Emergency Transport Co-ordination Centre was working at its highest operational tier at 6.30am on September 1 to monitor and coordinate public transport and traffic flow. Deployment of staff on the ground ensured that conditions were reported in real-time. Preparedness wins the day and the government deserves good marks for its efforts. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark, but it was on our first day of school.
For those averse to change, the start of the school year can be comforting because it can be counted on to bring the same disruptions.
Traffic is one thing, but parents of school-going children know that the first week means suffering from information overload, wading through an avalanche of notices and filling out paperwork into the wee hours.
