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‘SENSE OF DOOM’<\/h2>\n
Schools offering up overseas curricula have traditionally been a big draw for the ex-pat professionals that Hong Kong relies on for its reputation as a cosmopolitan finance and business hub close to China.<\/p>\n
With a population of 7.3 million, the city has more than 70 international schools. By comparison in Japan, Tokyo and Yokohama with a combined population of around 18 million have 40-odd.<\/p>\n
Students in Hong Kong, who have done much of their learning online for the past two and a half years, are feeling defeated and there’s a “sense of doom” in the schools, said Leo, 27, a former high school teacher.<\/p>\n
He quit his job in July, fed up with restrictions imposed by the city’s adoption of China’s zero-COVID strategy that seeks to stamp out all outbreaks.<\/p>\n
“The constant shifts between face-to-face and online classes have really taken a toll on their will to learn,” Leo added, asking that only his first name be used. He now works overseas as a flight attendant.<\/p>\n
Although there is variation from school to school, other rules being imposed on students include requiring whole swimming classes (where masks are not worn) to quarantine if one child becomes infected and banning eating on school premises for kids with half-day in-person classes.<\/p>\n
Some students with full-day classes are not allowed to bring food that requires utensils, while all children from the age of two have to wear masks outside their homes.<\/p>\n
The manifold curbs run counter to global efforts to “live with virus”. Hong Kong school kids also have had to deal with much longer periods of school disruptions than mainland China, which has imposed some draconian lockdowns but has also had long COVID-free periods.<\/p>\n
The restrictions are almost certainly having an impact on mental health, educators and medical experts said.<\/p>\n
More than half of about 3,600 Hong Kong secondary school students showed signs of depression, according to a November study by the city\u2019s Federation of Youth Groups.<\/p>\n
Hong Kong’s Education Bureau said COVID-19 measures in schools exist to protect students’ health. It added it will update rules when appropriate, without giving further details.<\/p>\n
But medical experts argue, however, that when the impact on mental health and normal social development is taken into account, the city’s policies can do more harm than good.<\/p>\n
“To focus specifically on the small number of deaths in children from COVID-19 is to ignore the bigger picture. The goal of public health should be to make decisions that do the greatest good for population health,” said David Owens, a doctor and founder of the OT&P chain of clinics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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