Category: HKEAA

Hong Kong Youngsters: A Generation of Little Pinks in the Making?

Commentary On April 21, the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education examination (Hong Kong’s university admission examination) began, starting with English Language. As Hong Kong has gone “from chaos to governance, and from governance to prosperity,” as claimed by the government, the exam was not expected to have any abnormalities that would cause public attention….


Hong Kong Deserves a Better Examination Board

Commentary Last year the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (equivalent to GCE Advanced Level) History examination was full of factual inaccuracies, ambiguities, and repetitive answers; are there any improvements this year? The 2022 exam papers and marking scheme were recently published, and I got a copy as soon as it was out. As expected,…


Fairness Questioned for Hong Kong’s University Entrance Exam Taken in Mainland China

The Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) will allow qualified schools for children of Hongkongers in mainland China to take the exam for most of the subjects next year. They can use the DSE results to participate in the joint university admissions to compete with Hong Kong students.  In other words, children born in…


HKEAA: Yes-Man to EDB

This is my honour to write my first English column at Epochs Times. For the last year or so, I have been active with the media, a fact that would have been unimaginable had I been still with the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA). This turn of life can be traced to 2020,…