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Amy Nip

Danny Mok

A yoga school that has been the subject of growing complaints has suddenly closed down, shocking members who had prepaid more than HK$10,000 each in fees. 
Notices stuck outside Yoga Yoga International in Causeway Bay yesterday said it had ceased operating  because of financial difficulties and would soon be placed in voluntary liquidation. 
The school opened in 14,000 square feet of premises in the World Trade Centre in 2008. Another branch was to due to  open in Tsuen Wan in  October but never did.
Members have been complaining to the media that they paid  for courses at the non-existent  Tsuen Wan branch.
The notices did not say how members could get their fees  back, but said they could consider joining another club, Planet Yoga, which would offer  them 'special plans'. They were told to collect any  personal items in lockers  today.
Rebecca Leung, in her 30s, said she paid HK$10,388 for a 30-month membership at the non-existent Tsuen Wan branch in September but was only given approval to use the Causeway Bay branch last week. 
She said she received a call from another yoga club this week, telling her  Yoga Yoga was going to close. 'I didn't believe it,' she said. 
Another member Phyllis Lee, 29, who joined the school about two years ago, paid HK$25,200 for a 42-month membership, or about HK$600 a month. 'I'm very anxious about it,' she said.  
A police spokeswoman said a 62-year-old man complained at Tsuen Wan Police Station  yesterday afternoon that he had paid for lessons at the Causeway Bay school. 
Former Civic Party lawmaker Tanya Chan,  who was approached by a member  for assistance, said the woman had paid for three years of lessons in advance.   
Democrat lawmaker Lee Wing-tat  said he received about 10 complaints about the school before it closed, while  the Labour Department said it received 12 calls for help from school employees  yesterday. 
The Consumer Council said members owed money would become creditors of the school.



Yoga school closure shocks members