Program to pay HK students to study on mainland

Students from Hong Kong who are admitted to mainland higher education institutions will be eligible for subsidies of up to HK$15,000 ($1,935) in the special administrative region's first official initiative of its kind.

The initial three-year phase of the HK$113 million Mainland University Study Subsidy Plan will help students who pass a means test.

The plan is one of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's 2014 policy pledges - to provide "broader and more diversified further study options" outside the city.