To be honest , I don’t think you are correct . The education system in Hk will just train a robot - which means all the students are programmed to do what has been told - no creativity, cannot think outside the box. No motivation to create new ideas. What is the point of learning 文言文?!
Yes . Real case . There is a young girl (Hk local) she studied in an international school in Hk since kindergarten until year 12 and she got admitted by Chinese University of Hong Kong (law degree) and double degree offered by Hong Kong University of science and technology. She took IB and got full marks. There is a young boy (Hk kid) also , he got admitted by Cambridge (law degree). He got full marks in IB