Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po announced the 2025-26 Budget today (Feb. 26), noting that the Government will strengthen the promotion of the "Study in Hong Kong" brand.
He highlighted that HK's post‑secondary education sector is highly international and diversified with five of the world's top 100 universities and a pool of first‑rate R&D talent. "We will launch a new round of Research Matching Grant Scheme totaling HK$1.5 billion to attract more organizations to support research endeavours of institutions," he said.
He said that the Government will host more international education conferences and exhibitions to highlight HK's position as an international post-secondary education hub. The city will step up promotion of the "Study in Hong Kong" brand to attract more outstanding non-local students, and the quota of the HK PhD Fellowship Scheme will be increased to 400 places per year.
Chan also stressed that self-financing post-secondary institutions complement publicly-funded institutions in providing diversified articulation pathways for young people. The Government has launched a new round of the Land Grant Scheme and the Start-up Loan Scheme, under which land sites are granted at nominal premium with interest-free loans, so as to support capacity expansion and quality enhancement of self-financing institutions.
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