{
  "id": 8935481,
  "title": "Hong Kong school withdraws graduation video guideline on Cantonese after backlash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/hong-kong-school-withdraws-graduation-video-guideline-on-cantonese-8935481",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T13:45:10.000Z",
  "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/3368290/hong-kong-school-withdraws-cantonese-graduation-video-guideline-after-backlash"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A leading Hong Kong secondary school has expressed regret and withdrawn guidelines accused of banning Cantonese from graduation videos after the policy sparked controversy. Good Hope School issued a public statement on Monday evening, saying it had heard concerns from the wider community and had “fully and formally withdrawn” the guidance paper for next year’s Form Six graduation class video.…",
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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."
}