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Associate Professor Jamus Lim, Workers' Party Member of Parliament for Seng Kang GRC, is proposing the idea of funding a network of international schools in ...

“They would pay comparable supplemental fees just as any student enrolled in a local school would. Some of it is language, although that can be learned and English is a global business lingua franca. “There was a time when there were many Singaporean adults who were working in Hong Kong and with a sizeable number of children who wanted to have Singapore style and Singapore curriculum type of education in Hong Kong.” “These schools would charge the same nominal miscellaneous fees (with no school fees for Singaporean students). In November last year, Minister of State for Education Gan Siow Huang confirmed that MOE provides funding and teaching support to the Singapore International School in Hong Kong. While some may question the use of taxpayer funds to support these schools, Asst Prof Lim argued that Singaporean families relocating abroad are still contributing to the system and that subsidies already exist for a Singapore international school in Hong Kong.