{
  "id": 5083861,
  "title": "Education Bureau steps in after students wait in rain for uniform and hair checks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/education-bureau-steps-in-after-students-wait-in-rain-for-uniform-and-5083861",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T11:53:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3366137/education-bureau-steps-after-students-wait-rain-uniform-and-hair-checks"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hong Kong education authorities have reminded a school to consider the needs of students when enforcing rules after many were forced to wait in a long line outside the campus in the rain to have their uniforms and hair checked on the first day of the new academic year. The Education Bureau also made a similar call to another school, where students deemed to have failed with hair grooming rules…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Education Bureau steps in after students wait in rain for uniform and hair checks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/education-bureau-steps-in-after-students-wait-in-rain-for-uniform-and",
        "published": "2026-09-02T11:53:12.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}