I agree with the views expressed by Pierce Lam in his letter headlined, 'Education policy kept communities apart' (South China Morning Post, April 3).
I am British-born Chinese with children of the same background. We arrived in Hong Kong when the children were small.
When the time came to choose a junior school for my older daughter, I opted for one of the English Schools Foundation (ESF) schools, because of my upbringing and educational background. We also spoke English at home because of my limited Cantonese. So I thought that there would not be a problem.
After the interview I was told straight away that my daughter had been rejected, because she did not utter a word or show any reaction towards the interviewer and the ESF did not want to waste my time. ESF staff had concluded we were local Chinese and that my daughter did not understand the English language.
My daughter was four years old at the time and very shy.
However, I was commended on my excellent spoken English.
This is a typical form of discrimination that I have never come across during my time in England but it is typical of Hong Kong.