Hong Kong to sweeten school merger deals, offer housing measures to lift births
Hong Kong authorities are expected to provide more incentives to encourage under-enrolled public schools to merge to survive, while announcing housing measures and tax reductions to tackle the falling birth rate in this week’s policy address, the South China Morning Post has learned. A government source told the South China Morning Post that the policy address by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu…
A 51-year-old Hongkonger man has been apprehended on suspicion of defrauding an education consultant of approximately HK$2.84 million (US$382,500) in connection with a Hong Kong school admission scam. According to a police source, the suspect, who claims to be a businessman, entered into a contract with a 45-year-old woman education consultant on March 1, 2024.
He assured her that he could secure 50 secondary school places at the "Kiangsu-Chekiang College" in North Point, a popular direct subsidy scheme school among mainland parents. The consultant, believing the promises, transferred the funds in 23 installments from April to July 2024, which covered application fees for 37 students. However, none of the students received admission offers from the school or any higher education institution.
The man cut off all communication with the woman in May 2024, prompting her to file a police report. He was intercepted at Hong Kong airport on July 29, 2024, as he attempted to leave the city and arrested on suspicion of fraud.
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