Told to phase out Primary One because of under-enrolment, Hoi Ming School in Yuen Long applies to cover all costs
Another school has applied to the Education and Manpower Bureau for permission to take in first-year pupils on a self-financing basis.
The bureau said it received the application from Hoi Ming School in Yuen Long yesterday. The school was among 31 told to phase out its Primary One classes in September because enrolments were below the threshold of 23 students.
Hoi Ming is the third school to attempt to keep running by agreeing to cover all Primary One costs.
On Monday, its neighbouring Wai Kwan Primary School sent the bureau a similar request. It said teachers agreed to take voluntary pay cuts to help raise the necessary funds to run the Primary One class.
The two Yuen Long schools are seen as following the example of Po Kok Primary School, which won a reprieve from closure in an out-of-court deal with the government last week.