Top international school, education foundation allocated 2 Hong Kong campuses

Two vacant Hong Kong campus sites for as many as 1,000 international school pupils have been allocated to a prominent educational institution and a foundation set up by the family of a late shipping tycoon, as the city strives to attract mainland Chinese and overseas talent.

The Chinese International School (CIS) said the government’s decision to allocate it a campus at Braemar Hill in North Point would allow the institution to significantly increase its enrolment.

Meanwhile, the YK Pao Education Foundation, set up by Anna Pao Pui-hing, the daughter of Pao Yue-kong, and her son Philip Pao Sohmen, will launch its first school in the city after receiving a campus in Kowloon Tong.

On Monday, the Education Bureau shared the results of its 2023 allocation exercise for two vacant sites to help support international schools after announcing it had received a “very positive” response from the sector last year.

Authorities earlier estimated the two sites had a combined student capacity of about 1,000, adding that the campus in North Point could accommodate a minimum of 340 pupils and the one in Kowloon Tong could cater to at least 480 students.

The bureau said the schools could start operating at the sites from around the 2027-28 academic year or the one after – depending on their tenancy arrangements and whether the institutions opted to make any approved renovations or construction work.