Other Covid-19 news: most public servants believed to have been vaccinated; only six residents permanently excused from inoculation for health reasons.
Education and Youth Development Bureau
Face-to-face classes suspended for cross-border teachers and students from designated areas of Zhuhai and Zhongshan.
After female parallel trader sparked Barrier Gate mass testing, and more than 35,000 negative results, teaching gets back to normal.
Quarantine awaits the 40 arrivals, who had been faced with nowhere to live; another 60 due to follow soon.
Plans are in hand to bring 90 students, who had been unable to book a bed in Macao, back home.
Around 60 stranded students report unable to make booking; security guards unwilling to work in quarantine hotels.
Parents also potentially face financial burden paying for extra tuition say councillors who point to mainland’s ‘Double Reduction’ policy.
Trophy projects like Iec Long Firework factory to be completed this year; education officials to tighten up supervision of funds granted to schools.
Classes suspended due to increased Covid-19 risk; most midterm final examinations to be concluded this week, education chief says.