Chief executive also urges HKIS operator to regularly update parents and students of latest developments
Hong Kong’s leader has called on a top international school and its US-based founding organisation, currently embroiled in a legal dispute, to prioritise quality education and protect the interests of students.
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Tuesday also urged the operator of the Hong Kong International School (HKIS) to update parents and students of the latest developments regularly.
Last week, the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), which helped found HKIS, dropped a bombshell by suing the school’s operator for allegedly breaching an operating agreement. It also threatened to evict the institution from its campuses and set up a new one.
LCMS accused operator Hong Kong International School Association Limited (HKISAL) of turning the not-for-profit institution into a business by charging excessive tuition fees that excluded most members of the public and racking up a strong balance sheet with net assets of HK$2.8 billion (US$359 million).
