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Due to the concert dates coinciding with the national college entrance examination, the renowned Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung’s concert in South China’s Dongguan has been postponed from June to August. The concert organizer apologized for the inconvenience brought to the audience coming from outside Dongguan and promised to provide compensation.

“The concerts originally scheduled for June 6, 7, and 8, 2025, at the Dongguan Bank Basketball Center partially overlap with the dates of the national college entrance examination, which has caused concern among some students and their parents. We fully understand and respect these concerns. With the support and cooperation of the artist's team, and after careful evaluation, we have decided to postpone the concerts,” the organizer said in an announcement on China’s X-like social media platform Weibo on Tuesday evening.

The organizer said the three concerts will be postponed to August 29, 30, and 31, 2025 with the same time slots and concert venue, expressing apology to fans and swearing compensation for ticket holders who have to travel from outside Dongguan, including costs incurred from hotel, flight, and train ticket cancellations.

Recently, after the dates for Jacky Cheung's Dongguan concert were announced, some netizens questioned online whether it was appropriate for the concert to coincide with the college entrance examination, which falls on June 7 and 8, as it could potentially disrupt examinees and traffic around nearby test sites

According to Shanghai Observer, on the public opinion platform hosted by Dongguan authorities, more than a dozen users had already submitted suggestions asking for the concert to be rescheduled.

One user said that the concert venue is just two kilometers away from Dongguan No. 6 Senior High School, a designated exam center. Speaking as a parent of a gaokao candidate, the user had many concerns, insisting that even a one-in-ten-thousand chance of disruption was too risky for a national college entrance examination taker.

Global Times