Survey on reading habits of HK youth
Varsity surveyed more than 260 secondary school and university students to find out about their reading habits. Read the full results here.
April 2012 – Hong Kong’s Ailing Health System
Hong Kong has one of the better public health systems in the world but the system is groaning under the challenge of an aging...
No Solution in Sight for Pensioners’ Plight
Many of the patients who use public healthcare services are elderly. To try to relieve the pressure on the public system the government recently extended the elderly healthcare voucher scheme and doubled the amount offered. But as Varsity discovers, many elderly people still find the vouchers inadequate and hard to use.
Overseas Physicians Best Medicine for Doctors’s Shortage?
Plans to allow overseas-qualified doctors to work in Hong Kong's public hospitals under a limited registration system have come under fire from local doctors' groups who say the scheme could affect the quality of medical care provided. The critics are unhappy doctors under the scheme will be exempted from taking a licensing exam.
Nurses Flee Public System
Overworked and underpaid - that's how many nurses in Hong Kong's public hospitals feel and they are leaving the public sector and even the profession in high numbers. So far, Hospital Authority efforts to stem the exodus don't seem to be working. Varsity looks at the underlying reasons behind Hong Kong's nursing shortage.
March 2012 – The Language War
Under the Hong Kong government's policy of trilingualism and biliteracy, Cantonese, English and Putonghua are meant to be of equal importance. But in reality,...
Defending Cantonese
Hong Kongers take inspiration from pro-Cantonese movement in Guangdong and stand up to defend their mother tongue from encroachment from Putonghua.
Parents Opt for English
Meet the local Cantonese-speaking parents who will only speak to their children. They say they want their kids to have a head-start. But experts tell Varsity kids have more to gain from a multilingual environment.
Putonghua – a better way to learn?
As more and more schools teach Chinese in Putonghua, teachers, parents and students tell Varsity whether they think it's a better way to learn.
December 2011 – Forgotten but not gone
The December 2011 issue of Varsity looks at groups and issues that were once highly visible in Hong Kong, but have since faded from...
