New school year in Hong Kong to begin as scheduled with online classes

The new academic year in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will begin as scheduled over the coming weeks, but students won't be at school as part of the social-distancing measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Kevin Yeung, secretary for education of the HKSAR government, said at a press conference on Monday.

All classes and extracurricular activities will be conducted online or through distance learning, said Yeung.

On Monday, the HKSAR government announced that the region will extend social-distancing measures for another week to curb virus infections, including group gathering of two people and mandatory mask-wearing in all public places.