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Review of Language Policy Sparks Debate Among Students

2/14/2026

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Story summary

Suri Chan Tin-wing, a first-year English major at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, struggles with her first creative writing assignment.
She says she feels inadequate next to peers from English medium instruction schools due to her Chinese medium instruction background.
Education officials anticipate a review of the medium-of-instruction policy that could allow more junior secondary students to learn in English, with political implications for school viability.

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Story summary

Suri Chan Tin-wing, a first-year English major at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, struggles with her first creative writing assignment.
She says she feels inadequate next to peers from English medium instruction schools due to her Chinese medium instruction background.
Education officials anticipate a review of the medium-of-instruction policy that could allow more junior secondary students to learn in English, with political implications for school viability.