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HONG KONG : Top British public school Harrow will be opening in Hong Kong in August 2012, and will start taking applications next year.
As the territory's first international boarding school, it will have 440 boarding places and will take up to 1,200 students in its first year.
A former Army barrack site in Tuen Mun, in the New Territories, is where Harrow will be laying the groundwork for its latest school.
It is one of four green-fields allocated to international schools from academic year 2012 to 2013.
Hong Kong, a former British colony, already has a successful international school system, but with the number of expatriates on the rise, demand has outstripped supply.
Harrow is hoping for a 50:50 mix of local and expatriate students from pre-school level upwards.
Dr Mark Hensman, chief operating officer, Harrow International, said: "The school fees are one of the first questions people want to ask us. (They are) comparable to school fees of other top international schools in Hong Kong and the reason for that is that we intend to employ top teachers from around the world."
Fees of international schools in Hong Kong are in excess of US$13,000 a year.
Harrow already operates two other international branches in Bangkok and Shanghai, and fees in China for students in their final-year is US$26,000.
Barnaby Lenon, head master, Harrow School, said: "At those schools, we offer a number of services which could be described as quality assurances. We appoint the head teacher, two of our governors go to visit those schools several days every term.
"So that means 3 times a year, (they'll) inspect those schools and report back to the Harrow London governors. The standard of those schools is as high as it should be."
Admission standards will be high. The younger students will be assessed in a playgroup setting, while secondary students will have to take English, Mathematics and an aptitude test. Most are expected to go on to British universities.
Exceptional students can also apply for scholarships and bursaries, which will be allocated to 10 per cent of the student population.
Famous Harrow alumni include former British prime ministers like Winston Churchill, and members of Britain's royal family.
- CNA/al
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