15 Facts About Christine Choi

Choi Yuk-lin, known as Christine Choi, is the current Secretary for Education in Hong Kong, formerly the principal of Fukien Secondary School and vice-chairlady of Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers.

Christine Choi graduated from Workers' Children Secondary School in 1979, and Christian Alliance College in 1985.

In September 2013, Christine Choi was appointed as the principal of Fukien Secondary School.

Christine Choi was the vice-chairlady of Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers, a pro-Beijing union, while writing in Ta Kung Pao, a newspaper some described as the Beijing mouthpiece, and other newspaper commenting on educational issues.

In June 2016, Christine Choi announced to run as an independent candidate in the legislative election through the education constituency.

Christine Choi slammed both then-Education Secretary Eddie Ng and pan-democracy MP for education constituency Ip Kin-yuen for doing nothing.

In June 2017, media reported Christine Choi could be appointed as the Under Secretary for Education.

Christine Choi therefore resigned as secondary school principal and vice-chairmanship of HKFEW.

Christine Choi was promoted to the Education Secretary on 1 July 2022 succeeding Kevin Yeung.

Christine Choi's appointment came after the overhaul of education environment, including the political test for new teachers and the introduction of patriotic education.

Christine Choi once claimed in 2014 Cantonese is only a dialect of China and not an official language, spurring criticism and Christine Choi eventually apologized.

On 27 August 2022, Christine Choi said that if COVID-19 cases continued to rise in Hong Kong, secondary schools may be banned from having full-day in-person classes.

Christine Choi said that schools would need to provide the Education Bureau with vaccination data on their students, but that the data would not be published.

Christine Choi said that there was a "slightly higher" attrition rate.

In December 2022, after guidelines were released that said teachers should protect national security, Christine Choi was asked whether it would contribute to more teachers quitting their jobs; Christine Choi responded by saying teachers quit for different reasons.