Kowloon Tong’s Hottest Ticket: La Salle Primary School Sparks Frenzy Among Hong Kong’s Most Ambitious Parents

Today (23rd), the Primary One self-assignment stage begins accepting physical application forms submitted by parents. Two mainland parents who came to Hong Kong through the “High Talent Access” program have “settled down” in Kowloon Tong and expressed their first choice of La Salle Primary School, a traditional and prestigious school in Kowloon City. One of them has also applied for 6 or 7 additional direct subsidy schools; The youngest son of a mainlander who has lived in Hong Kong for 20 years is a “hereditary student”. The eldest son is studying in Class 2, and many of his classmates are also sons of “highly talented” students. Some Hong Kong parents are worried about increasing competition for school places, while others think competition is a good thing.

This is the second year of electronic primary one admission application. The primary one self-allocation stage will accept electronic form applications from the 19th to the 27th of this month. From today (23rd) to the 27th, physical application forms can be submitted to the school of your choice. .

Among them, La Salle Primary School started accepting applications with paper forms at 9 a.m. this morning. Reporters arrived at about 8 a.m. No people were seen outside the school, and only a few parents showed up later. According to the reporter’s observation, about 20 people showed up to hand in their forms in person, and about 5 people spoke Mandarin.

Ms. Zhu, who is from Chengdu and works in the financial industry, came to Hong Kong last year through the Talent Connect Scheme. Ms. Zhu’s family lives in Kowloon Tong. Her son attended kindergarten in the Mainland for two years and came to Hong Kong to study in K3 last year. He said his son has adapted well and his level is about the same as that of his local classmates.

Ms. Zhu believes that education in Hong Kong is more comprehensive and has more choices than in the mainland, and schools can be selected based on children’s qualifications and personalities. The curricula of schools in the mainland are more unified and have deeper content. She believed that La Salle had good reputation, good education, and was close to home, so she chose this school as her first choice. She also enrolled her son in Direct Subsidy Schools such as Diocesan Boys’ School Affiliated Primary School and Choi Kai Yau, but she bluntly said that he did not apply. There are too many interest classes. “Children can sign up for whatever they like. It is not easy to learn one thing well.”

She also said that if there is no better option overseas in the future, she will let her son finish high school and university in Hong Kong.

Mr. Sun, who works in the IT industry, came to Hong Kong in August through the Talent Access Scheme. He also rented a flat in Kowloon Tong. In addition to La Salle, he also enrolled in 6 or 7 direct subsidy schools, including Boys’ High School and Wong Kam Fai Primary and Secondary Schools. Mr. Sun did not enroll his son in any interest classes or cram schools. He described his mentality as “happy”. However, his son was better at sports and thought that La Salle’s sports performance was good, so he chose this school. He also pointed out that his son is studying in an international school in the Mainland, and he hopes that his son’s vision will be more international. He thinks his English level is “okay.”

Mr. Zheng came to Hong Kong from Shandong to study 20 years ago and later settled in Hong Kong. His eldest son is studying in La Salle Primary School. He learned that some of his eldest son’s classmates are from the mainland. Their parents all applied because their children can study in Hong Kong. “Highly talented”.

Mr. Zheng believes that the requirements for Chinese and English in Hong Kong are high and the competition is fierce. He revealed that his eldest son had to attend three cram schools until evening after school at 3 p.m.; last semester, his son was even more upset because his grades were not among the top 10 in the class. Feeling anxious. He added that although he did not want to see his two sons working so hard, the younger son would have to follow the same path as his elder son when he enters primary school in the future. “This is the path we must take.”

Life cannot escape this process. When we were young, we were relaxed and happy, but when we grow up, we will face competition for work.

Local parents worry about increasing competition

Ms. Tang, a Hong Kong resident, believes that La Salle Primary School is always a traditional school, so she is worried about the competition for places. Whether her son can be successfully admitted is “lucky”, she said If you need to apply for an interview in the future, the competition will be even greater, because “those who come are very strong students”, revealing that the children of friends around them have won many awards in the mainland and will also come to Hong Kong to study; plus La Salle is funded schools, there will be greater competition “without spending money”. She herself, who spends thousands of dollars a month enrolling her son in interest classes such as English lessons, swimming and painting, believes La Salle is suitable for quieter students.

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Mr. Ong, the president of information technology at a listed company, believes education is important and spends about $10,000 a month enrolling his son in interest classes such as English pinyin, drumming and fencing, as well as six or seven directly funded schools. He said he was not worried about competition getting bigger because of Chinese students coming to Hong Kong. He believed that competition was a good thing because Chinese children were “really good” and “not a dragon can’t cross the river” It is too early to be afraid of competition.

Mrs. Chan’s eldest son is a school student and her younger son is a “hereditary student”. She said that according to the mechanism, her younger son is basically a “retrieval student”, so she has not enrolled in other direct subsidy primary schools. She also said that she is not worried about the competition becoming bigger and believes that school is a microcosm of society. Students come from all over the world and there is no need to label their backgrounds.

▲ The primary one self-assignment stage accepts physical form applications today. (Photo by Chen Jingyi)

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