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  "id": 7808438,
  "title": "Hong Kong to offer ‘attractive’ merger deals for schools beyond those struggling",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/hong-kong-to-offer-attractive-merger-deals-for-schools-beyond-those-7808438",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T14:35:12.000Z",
  "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/3367765/hong-kong-offer-attractive-merger-deals-schools-beyond-those-struggling"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hong Kong education authorities will offer a “very attractive” proposal and policy support to encourage schools without survival issues to merge amid the shrinking student population, according to official sources. The government said it might allow aided schools and semi-private Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) schools to merge and operate across two campuses, though all arrangements remained subject…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Hong Kong to offer ‘attractive’ merger deals for schools beyond those struggling",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/hong-kong-to-offer-attractive-merger-deals-for-schools-beyond-those",
        "published": "2026-09-16T14:35:12.000Z"
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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."
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