FOR the last few days I suspect that aircraft headed out of Kai Tak have been full of downcast or perhaps delighted children headed to Britain for that private education so favoured by the territory's well-heeled.
Well-placed private - or should we say independent - schools across Britain delight in the fee-paying presence of Hong Kong children, especially at a time when many British parents have been struggling to pay.
The Hong Kong wallet, indeed the purses of many families across Southeast Asia, have enabled several independent schools to survive the mean times of the past few years.
They will assumedly continue to be attractive to the region - perhaps especially to Hong Kong parents after 1997.
The British-educated of the SAR will no doubt continue to see value in receiving an education there.
And for many Hong Kong parents - as for many in Britain - it goes without saying that if you can afford an independent education for your child, you buy one.
