Education Bureau steps in after students wait in rain for uniform and hair checks

Hong Kong education authorities have reminded a school to consider the needs of students when enforcing rules after many were forced to wait in a long line outside the campus in the rain to have their uniforms and hair checked on the first day of the new academic year.

The Education Bureau also made a similar call to another school, where students deemed to have failed with hair grooming rules were told to remain on campus until they could contact their parents.

Dozens of online posts showed a...