(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) New arrangements for mainland students to study in Hong Kong, such as "timely rain"
China News Agency, Hong Kong, August 29th. The new semester is about to start. Nearly 30,000 mainland students are heading south, and they will arrive in Hong Kong one after another from late August to early September.
New students arriving in Hong Kong received a "gift package" from the Hong Kong SAR government, including an increase of 500 reservation places for entry into Hong Kong from Guangdong Province through the "Easy to Hong Kong" program. The SAR government has benefited from shortening the compulsory quarantine period to 3 days.
Teachers and students believe that the new quarantine arrangement is like a "timely rain".
The data picture shows visitors entering Hong Kong at the Shenzhen Bay Port.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua
According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, more than 41,600 overseas students from the eight aided universities in Hong Kong will come to Hong Kong to study degree courses in the new academic year, of which 29,500 will be mainland freshmen.
Some students from the mainland who went to Hong Kong sighed happily: "The SAR government has sent us a 'gift package' to facilitate us to study in Hong Kong!" Mr. Chen Da, who works in an educational institution, has been serving mainland students to study in Hong Kong. He said that every year in late August The beginning of September is the peak period for mainland students to study in Hong Kong. For this group of "Xingang drifters", shortening the quarantine period to 3 days is simply a "timely rain".
After learning about the new arrangement, Lu Yi, a graduate student of the Chinese Department of the University of Hong Kong, arrived at Hong Kong International Airport by plane from Shanghai Pudong Airport on the morning of August 20.
She said that after the three-day hotel isolation and quarantine, it is very convenient to go to the nearest testing point provided when entering the country for nucleic acid testing.
Lu Yi also said that the "3+4" policy is undoubtedly a great boon for students from the mainland who study in Hong Kong. Most of the new students urgently need to apply for Hong Kong ID cards, bank cards and other matters, and they also need to familiarize themselves with the campus before the start of the semester.
The shortening of the quarantine period has provided a valuable buffer time for students, allowing them to calmly adapt to the pace of study and life in Hong Kong.
However, she said that seeing that the current epidemic situation in Hong Kong is still very serious, she believes that epidemic prevention cannot be relaxed, and you need to be vigilant at all times.
Liu Huaiqian, a freshman at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, believes that 3 days of closed isolation and 4 days of self-monitoring are more acceptable.
He and his classmates hope that the subsequent policy will include other parts of the Mainland in the "Easy to Hong Kong" program.
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