The Hengqin School, affiliated with Hou Kong Middle School of Macao, is scheduled to start operation on Tuesday. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
A new school is set to open on Tuesday for students from the Macao Special Administrative Region in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, Guangdong province.
The Hengqin School, affiliated with Hou Kong Middle School of Macao, will be the first school on the mainland for students from Macao. Initially, it will have 256 kindergarten and elementary school students.
The student body primarily hails from Macao and includes students from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and other regions.
The school's junior and senior high school sections are planned to be operational by 2026.
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