Elite Malvern College to accept mainly expats
Malvern College will reserve 90pc of places for foreign passport holders
A top British public school is eyeing a Tai Po site in a fresh attempt to launch a primary section in Hong Kong.
Locals seeking a place for their children, however, will be largely left out of the enrolment process at the prestigious Worcestershire-based Malvern College.
The school says it will set aside up to 90 per cent of its places for pupils with foreign passports - more than the government's 70 per cent minimum requirement under its new round of land allocation for international schools to ease a shortage of places.
"The priority would be for international families," Antony Clark, headmaster of the 149-year-old independent school in England, said.
"We would look very favourably upon families who are coming in [to Hong Kong] and struggling to find the appropriate schools for their children."
Civic Party lawmaker Dr Kenneth Chan Ka-lok said international schools should also "cater for local needs" as the sites they used were public resources.