{
  "id": 172845,
  "title": "‘Devastated’: Tung Wah College says sorry for false admission offers to 10,000 hopefuls",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/devastated-tung-wah-college-says-sorry-for-false-admission-offers-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-05T10:58:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3363064/devastated-tung-wah-college-says-sorry-false-admission-offers-10000-hopefuls"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A tertiary institution in Hong Kong has apologised for mistakenly sending an email to all 10,000 of its applicants telling them that they had been admitted and asking them to pay an acceptance fee, saying the error was an administrative oversight. The blunder involving Tung Wah College (TWC) in Kowloon on Wednesday sparked angry complaints online for briefly raising the hopes of candidates who…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}