Hong Kong parents eye Singapore schools as wild protests endure

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One international school in Singapore said applications from Hong Kong have increased by about one-quarter. YahooFinance

-- North London Collegiate School has been educating girls in the British capital since the days of Queen Victoria. These days, it’s looking further afield -- to Singapore. And, as chance would have it, the timing seems impeccable.

“Singapore has a sound reputation internationally in terms of livability,” said Jason Tan, an associate professor at Nanyang Technological University’s National Institute of Education. “With the current situation in Hong Kong, families are looking to move elsewhere.” School TalksParents are “worried about their children traveling to school and how safe it is to be traveling on public transport,” director Anne Murphy said.

“Even those without Singapore visas were accepted through our help,” Murphy said, adding ITS often recommended schools that could sponsor a student with a guardian visa. These costs are “quite extravagant and significant if your child is unable to attend school,” Murphy said. The French School of Singapore has seven new students starting this month, according to communications and events director Sebastien Barnard. That’s more than the school would normally expect, although it’s not considered “a particularly large migration for us,” he said.

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