Hi, C.H.,
Long time no see. How are you?
I didn't touch Randy for a while, do you keep in touch with him? I still
keep in touch with Bobby & Chris.
Hong Kong education system ........... um ............ I think it's never be
good at all, even in the era of UK-HK government. But HK SAR government make
it more worse. I do not think it's too small numbers of high school student
enter universities in Hong Kong. I have an opposite opinion, too many
universities in Hong Kong. There are 7 or 8 universities in a near 8 million
population city? Recent a couple of years, we found the quality of graduate
university students are going down. We know some universities to recruit
enough numbers of student to get enough fund, even the standard of students
are below average. Review the history, the era of 2 universities in Hong
Kong, the quality of graduate university students were very high. I do not
say all graduate university students are poor, I mean average quality of
graduate university students are not satisfied.
A truth case, one section of English skill training of a training program in
my company. The tutor is working in University of City Poly, she said the
3rd year students still failed to write a correct resume even group working.
She also said, some of us, English skill is better than her students
............ we are no one with degree qualification.
I'm glad to hear your sons are good for their study. My daughter requests to
study her university course in England. My wife & I didn't push her, but I
have taken a "body-education". She is watching me studying after working due
to low-qualification, she knows she has to take opportunity for university
course to get higher qualification for her future.
Frankly, my wife I are not rich guys. We pay our best effort to satisfy our
daughter's study to enhance her competitive power as we know she will be
hardly to get a good job without high qualification in Hong Kong. I am an
example for my daughter, even I am going to study after working. Any parents
will pay all of their effort for their children.
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Michael
On 25 October 2011 15:07, C.H.Ling <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> Welcome back!
>
> I understand there are many parents don't like the education system in Hong
> Kong, I think the major complain is too strong competition. Less than 20
> percent of high school student can enter university. On the other hand Hong
> Kong's universities have rather high ranking in Asia or even around the
> world.
>
> I can't afford my children to study oversea, fortunately my two sons can
> stay at Hong Kong for their university courses. My elder son got an early
> admission to University of Hong Kong, without the need to go through
> A-level
> exam. He had finished his double degree last year and is now working. My
> young son almost follow his brother's route if he got a grade higher in
> Chinese Language but his A-level result was fine and allowed him to enter
> his first choice of Quantitative Finance and Risk Management in Chinese
> University of HK and he will be graduated next year.
>
> To me, I don't have much complain on the education system here. We never
> push our children to study hard after high school but we did gave a quite
> and comfortable environment for them to study. It was no fun, due to the
> small house we had to speak in low voice and watch TV only when they were
> not studying.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Wong" <mialop@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Do you remember I said my daughter wishes to go on university course in
> > England? She is studying form 5 secondary course in Hong Kong and prepare
> > to
> > study from six course in England. Frankly, the education system of Hong
> > Kong
> > is suck and too many changes and changes in recent a few years. She is
> > preparing to apply about 4 high schools of England for her form six
> > course.
> > Major focus on The Royal high school in Bath Spa, England. And she also
> > focus on University of Bath for her university courses. Of course, she is
> > proceeding her first step, dunno the result yet. Or maybe take the form
> > six
> > course in York, dunno that.
> >
> > I visited London & Bath Spa with my wife and daughter in Aug for a travel
> > and look around Bath Spa. There is a very beautiful place. I enjoyed the
> > relax life there and you know how busy in Hong Kong. I hope I can move to
> > Bath Spa for my retired life, of course I know it is a dream.
> >
>
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