Low admissions put more schools at risk
At least 70 primary schools admitted only one class this month, placing them under threat of closure if they fail to attract the new minimum of 21 pupils in next year's admissions cycle.
Twenty of the schools had run two or more Primary One classes in the last school year.
The details were released in this year's database of primary school profiles, which was posted online by the Committee on Home-School Co-operation ahead of applications for 2008 admissions.
The database has also revealed the full list of the 13 primary schools which this year failed to reach the previous threshold of 23 pupils to qualify for running a class.
Aside from Fresh Fish Traders' School in Tai Kok Tsui - which has launched a public campaign to stay open - the list also includes a government school in Hung Hom and two Buddhist schools in Tuen Mun. The remaining nine schools are all run by Christian sponsoring bodies, mostly in Kowloon or in the New Territories.
Fresh Fish Traders has opened a privately funded Primary One class this term, with a view to returning to normal admissions next year if it meets the new minimum threshold.