Anger at transfer by elite Hong Kong school

Dennis Chong:

A plan to move hundreds of pupils at a top international school to temporary premises inside a public housing estate has angered their well-off parents.

The Hong Kong International School proposes to demolish its lower primary school building in Repulse Bay and redevelop it into what it says will be a first-class facility.

During the three-year project - the first major redevelopment of the Repulse Bay campus since the school started in 1966 - about 500 pupils aged five to eight would be taught in a disused school building in Chai Wan, a 25-minute drive away.

The plan has ignited debate ahead of a meeting today of the Town Planning Board, which will be asked to approve it.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 14, 2011 1:18 AM
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