Hong Kong Education Bureau steps in after school phone ban backlash

On 2026-05-05, Hong Kong Education Bureau officials contacted Kwun Tong Maryknoll College after the school tightened mobile phone rules and triggered backlash. The move was a direct follow-up to the school’s stricter campus phone ban and demerit/confiscation penalties. The article does not specify a signed decision or sanction, only that authorities stepped in and made contact.