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Don’t leave Hong Kong parents to their own devices on child social media use

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Don’t leave Hong Kong parents to their own devices on child social media use
Don’t leave Hong Kong parents to their own devices on child social media use
Hong Kong, a city of overachievers, especially when it comes to the young, is also filled with children who take to social media early. Almost 35 per cent of kindergarten pupils log at least one hour of recreational screen time daily. By the junior forms, 60 per cent exceed the international two-hour daily limit. The t
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