The Education Bureau is trying to allow about 20,000 cross-border students to come to Hong Kong without quotas to attend classes on February 1, and is reviewing the testing arrangements.
Zhu Weilin, vice chairman of the New Territories Principals Association, said today (19th) that the cross-border school bus will not resume until the middle of next month at the earliest. It is estimated that the primary school students will not be able to come to Hong Kong to go to school at the beginning. It is suggested that the government allow parents or school bus nannies to also be exempted from quotas , It is convenient to transport school children to school, and it is also hoped that school children can replace nucleic acid testing with quick tests.
Pediatricians said that when school children have acute symptoms, the rapid test can accurately detect, and parents should also notify the school, which can reduce the risk of transmission.
The Education Bureau is trying to allow about 20,000 cross-border students to come to Hong Kong without quotas to attend classes on February 1, and is reviewing the testing arrangements.
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Zhu Weilin, the vice chairman of the New Territories Principals Association and the principal of Fengxi No. 1 Primary School, said in the Hong Kong and Taiwan "Millennium" that the school community has always set the quota-free customs clearance on February 1 as the goal. It may not be possible to come to Hong Kong to attend classes. On the contrary, senior primary school students can cross the border by themselves through the Man Kam To or Lok Ma Chau branch lines. I believe the impact will not be great.
Zhu Weilin, principal of Fengxi No. 1 Primary School.
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▼On January 17, there was a long queue at the MacPherson Testing Station in Mong Kok▼
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The education sector expects quick tests to replace nucleic acid tests
Principal Zhu also pointed out that, except that cross-border students can cross the border without quotas, parents or school bus nannies should not need quotas, and they are allowed to send their children to Hong Kong to study. environment children go to school.
He also said that nucleic acid testing stations are being gradually closed in the mainland. It is not easy for schoolchildren to do nucleic acid testing. He also does not agree that students should be accompanied by teachers to do nucleic acid testing when they are in Hong Kong. He hopes that in the long run, rapid testing can replace nucleic acid testing.
Qiu Zhiliang, principal of Yuen Long Chamber of Commerce Secondary School (file photo)
Principal of Yuen Long Chamber of Commerce Middle School: Some mainland students have dropped out of school
Qiu Zhiliang, the principal of the Yuen Long Chamber of Commerce Secondary School, said on the same program that some mainland students have rented flats in Hong Kong for the convenience of attending classes during the three years of the epidemic.
He also pointed out that cross-boundary middle school students can cross the border by themselves via the Lok Ma Chau branch line or the Shenzhen Bay Port, but he is worried that the first and second middle school students have never tried to go to school by themselves.
In addition, he pointed out that half of the students in the school have dropped out and transferred back to the Mainland to take classes. Some students should be promoted to Form 5, but under the epidemic situation, they are studying Form 3 in the Mainland. Now they have expressed to the school that they want to return to Hong Kong to attend classes, and they do not mind repeating Form 2 .
Kwan Yat-wah, Honorary Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Adolescents, HKU.
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Doctor: Rapid test for school children with symptoms can accurately detect
Dr. Kwan Ri-wah, Honorary Clinical Associate Professor of Children and Adolescents Department of the University of Hong Kong, pointed out on the program that he agrees that cross-border students can use rapid tests instead of acid tests. When students have acute symptoms, rapid tests can accurately detect them, and parents should also notify the school to reduce transmission. Chance.
Starting today, children under the age of three are not required to travel to and from the Mainland for nucleic acid testing. Dr. Kwan said that sampling for young children requires manpower and supporting facilities. If the situation is serious, you can seek medical advice. Otherwise, just stay at home and avoid going out. If the rapid test is positive, do not go into the community.
As for the government's research on lifting the isolation order and the mask order, Dr. Kwan pointed out that the current flu peak is not in favor of the cancellation, but when the temperature warms up, the vaccination rate is high, and the severe cases of children are not serious, it will be an appropriate time.
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