Proposal to move over 300 pupils from Hong Kong’s Rosaryhill Secondary School to institution run by Catholic diocese given green light, insiders say
- School sponsoring body agreed to option of transferring all students in Form One to Form Five to Yu Chun Keung Memorial College No 2 in Pok Fu Lam, parents told
- At least half of the teachers at Rosaryhill Secondary School could be retained under the proposal, diocese says
Hong Kong education authorities have given the green light to a proposal to transfer hundreds of pupils from an aided Catholic school facing closure to one run by the diocese next year provided no extra resources are involved, the Post has learned.
At least half of the teachers at Rosaryhill Secondary School in Mid-Levels could be retained under the proposal, a Catholic diocese official told parents.
Rosaryhill’s sponsoring body, the Dominican Missions, sought help from the diocese last month, with more than 300 students affected by its plan to close the school in the 2025-26 academic year and to stop admitting new pupils in 2024.
Sources on Monday said Joseph Kung Kwong-pui, the diocese’s episcopal delegate for education, told parents at a weekend meeting that church officials met Dominican Missions priests on September 19 to discuss several options.
The insiders said Kung told parents on Saturday that he had raised the idea of transferring all students currently in Form One to Form Five to Yu Chun Keung Memorial College No 2 (YCK2) in Pok Fu Lam next September.