Hong Kong Primary Three pupils’ maths competency hits all-time low
The mathematics competency level of Hong Kong’s Primary Three pupils has hit an all-time low in a citywide assessment by authorities, while their English performance reached a record high. Results for this year’s Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA), released on Thursday, showed passing rate for mathematics for Primary Three students fell to 84.7 per cent, down 0.7 percentage points from a year…
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was handed a 10-year prison sentence on Thursday for his second conviction under the city's national security law, which critics claim is being used to suppress political dissent. Wong, 30, pleaded guilty to "foreign collusion" in September, acknowledging his role in urging foreign powers to impose sanctions against China.
His actions were described by High Court Judge William Tam as "grave in nature". The judge noted that Wong had traveled to the US to seek foreign interference ahead of the 2020 introduction of the national security law and continued to share posts on social media by detained activist Nathan Law calling for sanctions. Wong's sentence will run concurrently with his existing four-year and eight-month term for conspiracy to commit subversion, which he is already serving.
Wong, who gained global recognition during the 2014 Umbrella protests, has spent nearly six years in detention and was due to be released in January 2027.
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