Winnie Chiu Wai-yin, left, the Ombudsman, and Lyon Li, Senior Investigation Officer, during a press conference on Education Bureau's Mechanism for Approving Applications for School Fee Revision by Direct Subsidy Scheme/ Private Schools and collection of other charges by Private Schools at Shun Tak Centre, in Sheung Wan. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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What is Hong Kong’s Education Bureau doing about the various ‘other’ fees that some private and international schools force on parents?
- From debentures and capital levy fees to application fees and deposits, the EDB is finally being forced to confront the issue and do something about it
Winnie Chiu Wai-yin, left, the Ombudsman, and Lyon Li, Senior Investigation Officer, during a press conference on Education Bureau's Mechanism for Approving Applications for School Fee Revision by Direct Subsidy Scheme/ Private Schools and collection of other charges by Private Schools at Shun Tak Centre, in Sheung Wan. Photo: Xiaomei Chen