Hong Kong’s largest international school group plans to raise tuition fees by about 4.8 per cent on average – or as much as HK$750 (US$96.40) per month – for most of its primary and secondary sections in the next academic year, pending authorities’ approval. The proposed increase by the English Schools Foundation (ESF) is higher…
The number of children of non-local professionals enrolled into public universities almost trebled over the last two years, prompting education authorities to consider finding extra undergraduate places for them to avoid competition with Hong Kong students. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin said on Wednesday that the results of a review into the definition of…
Hong Kong authorities should consider gradually raising some service charges to a cost-recovery level for the government’s long-term financial health despite the move not having an immediate effect on the nearly HK$100 billion (US$12.8 billion) deficit, experts have said. Experts on Monday pointed to immigration charges such as visa and passport fees and illegal parking…
Baptist University has said it can handle a 3 to 5 per cent cut in public funding over the next three years in the face of the Hong Kong government’s fiscal deficit, a day after City University indicated the same. Baptist University president Alexander Wai Ping-kong on Friday also expressed confidence his institution could win…
Hong Kong’s education minister has said authorities would not raise tuition fees for non-local university students significantly despite the government’s fiscal deficit, so top candidates would not be deterred. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin told a radio programme on Saturday that having the best students come to Hong Kong was important in maintaining the…
Hong Kong may require students to have lived in the city for a minimum period to be classified as “local” after some mainland Chinese professionals were accused of exploiting talent schemes to secure cheaper university tuition for their children. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin said on Tuesday she would take reference from jurisdictions such…