A decades-old private school may have to close its kindergarten after its application for a new campus was rejected because of illegal structures.
The Education Department only approved St Johannes College operating six out of 20 planned kindergarten classes on part of a pre-war site in Flint Road in Kowloon Tong because of the illegal structures there.
Its separate application for a new campus to accommodate pupils of its primary school at 101 Waterloo Road, which is also a pre-war building, was ruled out.
Parents of children attending the kindergarten have been told to pay tuition fees only until next month because the lease of the existing campus in Boundary Road expires on October 18.
Education Department assistant director Peter Leung Pak-yan said: 'According to the Education Ordinance, a site must be cleared of any illegal structures to be registered as a school since the safety of the students is a concern.'
But Mr Leung admitted the add-on structures in both locations posed no imminent danger.