New channels at Shenzhen border, more flights and quarantine arrangements will help Hong Kong students enter mainland China

New channels will be set up at the border and more flights and alternative quarantine measures in Macau will be arranged to facilitate thousands of Hong Kong students crossing into mainland China to start the new school year on time amid tough Covid-19 travel restrictions, according to the city’s education minister.

Secretary for Education Choi Yuk-lin announced the arrangement on Tuesday after more than 1,000 frustrated local students asked lawmakers for help to cross the border a week before the start of the academic year.