Society‘Everyone is just going through the motions’: Five years of Hong Kong’s senior-secondary civic studies

Five years after Hong Kong replaced liberal studies with civic and social development, mainland study tours have gradually become part of the curriculum rather than purely voluntary activities. About 50,000 senior-secondary students joined such tours in 2025/26, backed by more than HK$84 million in government funding. Teachers and students describe what they saw and how they viewed the activities.

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