News Analysis

As the title suggests things are looking a little grim in Hong Kong regarding the tourism industry, but that is only a given, considering the protests that happened last year (which seemingly are picking right back up now that the quarantine situation is slowly relaxing) and the Coronavirus pandemic, worked together in reducing the amount of tourists that wanted to come to the region in the first place. Now with the quarantine measures slowly relaxing in different countries things are slowly going back to normal, which means that the protests are apparently starting right back up again, which most likely will not entice tourists to actually want to go to Hong Kong for a visit. There were only about 4,100 arrivals for the month because of the global lockdown, the Hong Kong Tourism Board revealed on Friday. That works out as about 130 on average each day. There were 5.57 million arrivals in April 2019. The article goes on to look at the gross domestic product (GDP) of Hong Kong and said

I found an article that I personally found interesting and thought provoking; how much outside help should international schools around the world be given by the governments of the country they are in? In Hong Kong this issue was discussed and it currently looks like the Hong Kong government does not want to help out more than they need to. Their argument is that they want to focus on the local schools who need the help as well. Their argument is sound, international schools tend to cater to wealthy families and their children, who pay large annual fees as well as asking for debentures for the students to get a place in their school, all of which should cover a large range of things. The question then becomes where does the money go? Salaries for all employees: teachers, cleaners, maintenance workers, other staff members, etc. most likely takes a large chunk out of the money the school takes in each year. School supplies, general maintenance of the school and its grounds, as well as a