Thanks for the summary.
If I were the dean of the medical school, I would be very weary of granting anyone an exception to an established requirement. Even if the student's circumstance justifies it, for every exception granted, there will likely be 10 more students with similar backgrounds knocking on the door asking for the same exception.
And in the article CUHK explained that they want people that can communicate with Cantonese speaking patients because "Hong Kong is a global city". A sentiment that I agree with.
I feel that Siddhartha from the article is fairly motivated and knows what his strengths are. He will do fine even if he couldn't go to medical school.
To be fair, even local students seem to be complaining about the "3" requirement in Chinese and English.
'University language requirements too strict' - RTHKCurrently, students are required to score at least level 3 in Chinese and English, and level 2 in Maths and Liberal Studies to secure a university place.
The association's executive secretary Michael Wong says language requirements should be more flexible: "There are students who have flying colours in other subjects but they fail to achieve grade 3 for English and especially for Chinese and they got rejected by the university."
Don't worry the DAB have a solution
Junius Ho say's poor people who can't speak chinese can become domestic helpers
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...10000-domestic
Is this better than saying people should be killed for talking about indepence?
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The government has $500m waiting to be spent on supporting these kids. It just hasn't bothered.
What type of nanny state.
One where the ability or skills of your parents does not completely determine your life.
It makes sense for the state to invest in Chinese as a foreign language instruction to break the cycle of poverty and get people paying more tax.