Don’t dream it’s over: mainland students rethink Hong Kong over costs, culture

Weeks before mainland Chinese student Carol Chen graduated from Baptist University in Hong Kong in July, the 22-year-old did the math and weighed the cost of l…

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Mainland students are reconsidering their decision to study in Hong Kong due to concerns about costs and cultural differences.

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Don’t dream it’s over: mainland students rethink Hong Kong over costs, culture Weeks before mainland Chinese student Carol Chen graduated from Baptist University in Hong Kong in July, the 22-year-old did the math and weighed the cost of living in the city against returning home. Renting a room in the city would consume around half of the HK$20,000 (US$2,552) starting salary she expected as a junior data analyst. “If I go back to Shanghai, I will only need to worry about daily expenses,” said Chen, a maths and statistics graduate. Language barriers compounded the problem.... According to the collected source material from www.scmp.com, Weeks before mainland Chinese student Carol Chen graduated from Baptist University in Hong Kong in July, the 22-year-old did the math and weighed the cost of living in the city against returning home. Renting a room in the city would consume around half of…

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• The article does not provide specific numbers or data on the costs and cultural differences that mainland students are experiencing in Hong Kong.

Categoria: cronaca
Entità: Hong, Kong