Moses Chan to Send Children to Prestigious Private School
Many parents place heavy emphasis on their children’s upbringing and education. Celebrity couple Moses Chan (陳豪) and Aimee Chan (陳茵媺) are no exception. On a temporary hiatus from work for the past four years, Aimee is focusing on caring for her three children. Due to her upbringing in Canada, intends to send her three children to international schools and focus on Western etiquette.
Recently, it was rumored that the couple will enroll their son in the Harrow International School in Hong Kong. Enrollment into the prestigious private school is approximately $5 million HKD. With three children, Moses and Aimee may be looking at spending $15 million HKD in tuition. While attending a promotional event for his upcoming TVB series, Between Love and Desire <完美叛侶>, Moses was asked whether Aimee will need to make a comeback soon to help foot the bills. Without identifying a specific date of return, Moses shared that Aimee will eventually make her comeback and praised her passion for acting.
However, when prompted about the cost of tuition reported earlier, Moses did not confirm nor deny the rumors, but instead expressed that they are currently in the midst of looking for a suitable school, “We haven’t decided on a local public school or an international school yet. This stuff is giving me a headache! We’ve looked at many schools, and many of them are good. So we are still in the consulting stage.”
Moses then admitted to looking into some elite schools, but refused to comment on the couple’s evaluations of each. “It is not fair for the children this way. Right now, you can say we have an open mind in looking for a school. We have three children, so we need to really pay attention to the school’s educational system.”
Source: Oriental Daily
This article is written by Huynh for JayneStars.com.
How can private school cost that much, that’s about $1,9M USD per year for 3 kids. Even ivy leauge school like Harvard or Yale for business program do not cost $500K per year lol. My young niece and nephew both attending private school and the cost range from $30-$50K per year. I mean if you’re going to BS, make it more believable.
@littlegalpal unfortunately its not bsing. Private school in HK are wicked expensive. Just googled harrow int. School at hk. And that 5 mil HK is really valid..is call debenture that parents need to pay for enrollment…
Debentures, or non-interest-bearing bonds, are sold by private international schools in Hong Kong to parents in exchange for admission places. The money is then used for building improvements and other costs.
@happybi then it’s a loan or goodfaith deposit to ensure your kid get enrolled, it’s not really tuition.
I also check the school website in UK and Beijing, the yearly tuition cost is range from $30-$50K USD.
I’m sorry I refuse to believe private children school tuition in HK cost more than a executive MBA program at Harvard. Also Moses is wealthy but I doubt he can afford spending $15M HK in tuition.
@littlegalpal yes. Seem like its a enrollment deposit/payment. Crazy as from what I heard sometime you dont get those $$ back even if your kids doesn’t make it into the school.
Can’t compare harvard with hk private school. You talking about people fighting for 1000 spot at a small school vs. A huge ivy league that get plenty of donations each year.
@littlegalpal yeah hate to say this but it’s unfortunately true. In Malaysia, you need to pay that fee of RM20,000 per child that is non-refundable on top of a yearly school fees of RM60-70k. It sounds crazy but it’s true. Really a rip-off
@littlegalpal This so-called debenture is actually a mean for Harrow to endow itself, as it is a totally private institution and receives no governmental funding at all. A private institution like Harvard University, for example, has an endowment fund the size of the GDP of many developing countries; therefore, it does not have to resort to this kinds of tricks to endow itself.
Harrow is one of the very few all-boys British boarding schools left in Asia and my question would be if this anachronistic approach to education really worth that kind of money. Also, is getting your kids an old fashion stiff-upper lips British education really works in the new HK?
I guess they apparently think so as the article’s writes about their desire to “educate their boys in western etiquette” that reveals the old-fashioned colonial mentality of white-worshipping and the West is the Best.
@littlegalpal It’s quite cheap really and also the uniform are a lot cheaper than mine but my school is just a selective high school not a private
Well, can’t blame parents wants the best school for their children, especially when they can afford it. Not saying normal neighbourhood school is bad. Just that if given a choice, I am sure parents want their children go to a prestigious school.
@dramadrama yes coz it’s a way to build a strong social network to pave for their future. Boys can build contact or marry rich girls and same with average family girls can get to know and marry rich heirs ie Cathy Tsui. It’s all about $$$
In this day and age, I am sorry I doubt a prestigious school will exactly give your a head start or make $$$$$ more than the average college graduates who did not come out of equally good name schools. I have seem first hand some who graduated from good schools don’t even mean anything to them or they are not utilizing it to their potential and some even went into a different field than whatever it was they were studying. Not that I am saying it’s not good to be academically ambitious but I feel brand name schools are kind of overrated by some parents. But of course if you can afford go right ahead but you do hear some that they are saving and saving and just so their kids can get into a good school is just so weird and an unpleasant way to live. But that’s just my take on it thou.
I have a friend’s cousin who moved from New Zealand back to her HK and he did mention how education is so very expensive in HK – didnt ask exactly how pricey cuz I don’t like HK period but he says it is pretty expensive to raise children there and if they have more than 3 kids then it’s hell. Not sure if it’s sarcasm or whatever but they make it sound like it’s really freaking expensive.
Not surprised by this decision as all parents want the best for their children, more so those who can afford such luxury. The children will have a head start in life.
I am however more surprised how Moses is still cast in super dramatic drama series where his expressions range from nonchalant to nochalant. He is now the resident “professional” in TVB. Any professional, such as lawyers, drs, architects (not accountant tho), any job that requires a suit, a masters degree, a big office, fine wine and classical music is now Moses’ role. Doesn’t matter if said professional is insane, murderer, even transgender.
@funnlim lol. Did he ever acted as a transgender?