Hong Kong suspends schools, kindergartens amid escalating protests

2019-11-13 11:52:23

Hong Kong has announced that all schools including kindergartens will be closed on Thursday as the territory faces another day of escalating unrest. On Wednesday, the city saw continued anti-government protests after a night of pitched battles at a top university. Overnight, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as protesters at the Chinese University of Hong Kong started fires and threw petrol bombs. Clashes then continued in different parts of the city. In the afternoon, the Education Bureau announced that every kindergarten, primary school and high school would suspend lessons on Thursday for safety reasons. They would remain open, though, for children who need supervision, officials said. It is the first time that all schools across the territory will close due to the protests. Earlier in the week, many schools had already individually suspended classes. Several universities have also cancelled classes for the next few days.