Hong Kong's current curriculum is based on the years before 1978, when nine-year compulsory education was first introduced. It is thus designed for the 20 % of students who before that time could test into the limited space available in middle schools, and therefore is an elitist curriculum.
香港現在的課程，也是根據一九七八年實施九年義務教育前，能考上中學的前百分之二十的學生程度訂定的，也就是菁英課程。