In a few weeks’ time, eight-year-old Peter* will say goodbye to his school friends as he moves to Britain with his parents. In the past few years, Hong Kong children have got used to seeing more and more of their friends leaving the city.
A decade-long decline in the birthrate, exacerbated by a recent exodus of residents from the city, has led to an alarming plunge in student as well as teacher numbers, leaving Hong Kong’s education system facing a serious crisis.
