Choi Yuk-lin (Chinese: 蔡若蓮; born 29 September 1966), also known as Christine Choi, is the current Secretary for Education in Hong Kong, formerly the principal of Fukien Secondary School (Siu Sai Wan) [zh; zh-yue] and vice-chairlady of Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers.
Choi graduated from Workers' Children Secondary School (Primary Section) (旺角勞工子弟學校小學部) in 1979, and Christian Alliance College [zh] in 1985.
[6] While in the Bureau, Choi called for the Chinese professionals to station in Hong Kong schools to promote Mandarin.
She slammed both then-Education Secretary Eddie Ng and pan-democracy MP for education constituency Ip Kin-yuen for doing nothing.
Some expressed concern as she downplayed the role of Cantonese, the mother language of Hongkongers, and emphasized on Chinese Mandarin.
[26] In August 2022, Choi also said new public school teachers must pass a Basic Law test, including topics on national security.
[27] In September 2022, a survey of teachers and principals showed that less than 30% of them considered the national security education program as effective.
[28] On 27 August 2022, 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.
[29] A day later, in response, school principals urged the government to maintain full-day classes, against Choi's idea.
[36] On 13 September 2022, the Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools appealed to Chief Executive John Lee, stating that there was serious brain drain of teachers, and that the situation is worse than previously reported.