Hong Kong universities said in Shanghai on Thursday they are to admit more students from the Chinese mainland as they take in more non-local undergraduates.
The announcement came as John Lee, the special administrative region's chief executive, said in his annual policy speech on October 25 that the quota of non-local undergraduate students from overseas and the mainland at Hong Kong's public universities was set to double from 20 percent to 40 percent. This was among a raft of measures he announced to position Hong Kong as an international hub for education and a center for innovation.
At an admission illustration session, Esther Kwok, director of the admission office of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), said HKU admitted about 570 mainland students this year and the number is expected to be between 600 and 700 next year.
