Hong Kong officials to relax cap on local students at international schools, citing pandemic-related spate of expat departures

Hong Kong education officials have agreed to temporarily relax rules requiring international schools to have at least 70 per cent non-local students, as operators struggle to meet the target with more expatriate families leaving the city amid the Covid-19 pandemic.The Education Bureau told the Post that the short-term arrangement, which would still require a majority of the student body to be non-locals, could facilitate international schools’ stable development and maintain the city’s status…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3102165/hong-kong-officials-relax-cap-local-students-international