Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin (front center) poses for a group photo with students and school staff at the Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Yau College in Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong, on Feb 8, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG - Secondary school students from across the border are the first to be back to their schools in Hong Kong on Wednesday as the authorities allowed them in for in-person classes for the first time in three years with the COVID-19 pandemic subsiding. 

Students of kindergartens, primary and special schools will return to their classes on Feb 22.

Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin on Wednesday visited the Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Yau College in Tin Shui Wai to better grasp the situation of the resumption of in-person classes for the cross-boundary students.

China Daily's Andy Chong took the photos on Wednesday.