Heather Du Quesnay

Anger over 'disastrous' plan to raise ESF fees

21 Mar 2013

The English Schools Foundation's fee-rise plan has upset parents and prompted lawmakers to question its cost structure. Native English (NET) teacher Perry Bayer, whose son is studying at West...

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Parents hit again as ESF raises fees by up to 5.9pc

20 Mar 2013

The English Schools Foundation will raise its fees by up to 5.9 per cent as negotiations drag on over the size of the subsidy it receives from the government. In a letter to parents yesterday, the...

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ESF chief Heather Du Quesnay to retire with no solution to subsidy row

12 Nov 2012

The chief executive of the English Schools Foundation, Heather Du Quesnay, will leave her post next year at a time when the foundation is struggling to press the government to continue its HK$284...

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ESF parents slugged further 4pc

27 Apr 2012

Fees at English Schools Foundation schools are to rise an average of 4 per cent in the next academic year, as the government confirmed that its subsidy for the schools would remain unchanged for...

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ESF expects government subsidy to stay

9 Apr 2012

The government's subvention for the English Schools Foundation is expected to stay in place for at least another year, despite the lack of progress in a review of funding...

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ESF warns of 20pc fee increase if government's subsidy is withdrawn

8 Jul 2011

The English Schools Foundation yesterday warned that fees could go up by more than 20 per cent if its public funding is removed.

2:19PM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Language barriers

Heather Du Quesnay and Carlson Tong Ka-shing make an unlikely double act. Fate has thrown together the lofty, rather intimidating British chief executive of the English Schools Foundation (ESF)...

1:55PM

Parents urge bureau to block ESF fee increases

Hundreds of parents of children in English Schools Foundation schools have written to the Education Bureau to oppose fee rises of up to 3.3 per cent in the coming academic year.

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ESF parents warned

English Schools Foundation parents have been warned negotiations aimed at increasing government subsidies for their children's schooling might be jeopardised if they continued to voice complaints...

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ESF accused of stifling dissent on board

A police officers' association is accusing the English Schools Foundation of stifling dissent and communication with parents through a gagging clause on its governing board.

6:56AM

ESF needs a new deal if it is to flourish for next 40 years

Alex Lo's column ('Needs versus wants', December 10) sets out cogently the issues facing the ESF board, but there are one or two points that need to be clarified.

3:23PM

Corrections & clarifications

Saturday's front page report 'ESF to impose HK$25,000 building levy' stated that ESF's chief executive Heather Du Quesnay said the levy would generate HK$300 million a year towards a building...

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