When the COVID epidemic turned into a pandemic, online learning became the new normal. In this issue, we look at the challenges to learning in the time of COVID. We talk to secondary school leavers about the stress of coping with the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education during a pandemic. We also look at the strain on personal relationships when couples can only meet online. Also on relationships, we report on how a teenager connects transgender people in Hong Kong.
Technology might have enabled us to connect during a lockdown, but it has also unleashed an “infodemic”. From misleading information about face masks to confusion on how the virus spreads, we delve into the impact of disinformation.
At the time of writing, Hong Kong has finally relaxed the social distancing rules to allow gatherings of up the 50 people. But we are not out of the woods yet. We will keep you posted in the coming months, and hopefully when we finally get back to our campus at the end of the Summer.
