Few HK students return to mainland after degree
By Liang Yiwen |
December 21, 2011, Wednesday
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MOST Chinese mainland students admitted by Hong Kong universities chose to work in Hong Kong or go abroad for further studies instead of returning to the mainland after graduation, university officials said yesterday.
Hong Kong universities' attraction to mainland students has grown since it started to admit them in 1998. Hong Kong universities have admitted about 1,400 mainland high school graduates, generally the elite students in the country, annually in recent years.
Seventeen zhuangyuan - students who scored highest in the college entrance examination in their provinces or cities - opted for the University of Hong Kong over mainland institutions this year.
About half of mainland graduates of HKU's bachelor's degree programs chose to stay in Hong Kong to work while only 9 percent came back to the mainland to work.
Similar tendencies were reported at other Hong Kong universities. Nearly 60 percent of graduates of the Chinese University of Hong Kong stayed in Hong Kong to work while only 3 percent came back to the mainland. In the Hong Kong Institute of Education, 75 percent of mainland students worked after graduation this year. Among them, nearly 80 percent chose to work in schools or education institutes in Hong Kong.
"I've been used to the life in Hong Kong after four years' study," said Cathlyn Zheng, a Shanghainese who stayed in Hong Kong to work after she graduated from CUHK.
Staying in Hong Kong is her top choice and that of many other classmates who chose to work after graduation because of Hong Kong's higher salaries and better social welfare over the mainland cities.
To those who seek further studies, foreign countries are more attractive to them than Hong Kong, authorities said.
Hong Kong universities' attraction to mainland students has grown since it started to admit them in 1998. Hong Kong universities have admitted about 1,400 mainland high school graduates, generally the elite students in the country, annually in recent years.
Seventeen zhuangyuan - students who scored highest in the college entrance examination in their provinces or cities - opted for the University of Hong Kong over mainland institutions this year.
About half of mainland graduates of HKU's bachelor's degree programs chose to stay in Hong Kong to work while only 9 percent came back to the mainland to work.
Similar tendencies were reported at other Hong Kong universities. Nearly 60 percent of graduates of the Chinese University of Hong Kong stayed in Hong Kong to work while only 3 percent came back to the mainland. In the Hong Kong Institute of Education, 75 percent of mainland students worked after graduation this year. Among them, nearly 80 percent chose to work in schools or education institutes in Hong Kong.
"I've been used to the life in Hong Kong after four years' study," said Cathlyn Zheng, a Shanghainese who stayed in Hong Kong to work after she graduated from CUHK.
Staying in Hong Kong is her top choice and that of many other classmates who chose to work after graduation because of Hong Kong's higher salaries and better social welfare over the mainland cities.
To those who seek further studies, foreign countries are more attractive to them than Hong Kong, authorities said.
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