The High Price of Progress: Why Hong Kong's Struggling Families Need a Break on Textbooks The latest figures from the Education Bureau show that textbook prices in Hong Kong have surged to their highest levels since 2020, prompting renewed calls for the return of student grants.
Many families are struggling to keep up with rising education costs, even before the pandemic. The shift towards digital learning tools has led to reduced print runs and higher prices. Major textbook retailers like T.
H. Lee Book Company feel the pinch, with assistant general manager Yeung Chi lin admitting that "the publishing business is getting harder to run.