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    Starting an international school in Hong Kong

    I am investigating the prospects of starting an international school in HK. Any suggestions, helpful tips would be appreciated.


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    Do your research.. a LOT of research.

    I personally think the market for expats seems be saturated with a number of new schools opening up over the last year. The market for mainland / local targeted schools (high end franchises like Harrow) seems to be doing well and may perhaps have some room for new schools.

    We're also in a late cycle in the economy here and a fair bit of doom / gloom on the horizon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mdh2014:
    Any suggestions, helpful tips would be appreciated.
    Don't expect forum users to take you seriously and waste their time replying when you make a 2 sentence post totally devoid of details on a complicated subject with a huge number of differentiating factors.
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    Didn't someone recently post on here asking about opening a university in Hong Kong? Education is a billion dollar industry, so it makes sense to get in on the action. However, I doubt anyone with the experience and skills necessary to make it work would seek advice on this website.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kowloon Goon:
    Didn't someone recently post on here asking about opening a university in Hong Kong? Education is a billion dollar industry, so it makes sense to get in on the action. However, I doubt anyone with the experience and skills necessary to make it work would seek advice on this website.
    After seeing people asking for legal advice here, I've seen it all...

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    more details

    I'm sorry my post wasn't quite specific enough. I was just looking for any general direction kind of comments. The "expat schools not needed" was helpful. I'm looking to start an english school for locals/mainland children. Things I'm looking for input on:

    1) location ideas
    2) renting or buying facility
    3) anybody with experience in starting a school in HK?

    Thank you.


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    So, not a school but a tutorial center? Huge difference in terms of being a licensed international school v/s being a language center.


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    Quote Originally Posted by kimwy66:
    Don't expect forum users to take you seriously and waste their time replying when you make a 2 sentence post totally devoid of details on a complicated subject with a huge number of differentiating factors.
    definitely don't want to waste your time. As you notice, that was my first post every. Thanks for your patience.

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    there was a user here @carang who used to run a tutorial center.


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    Quote Originally Posted by shri:
    So, not a school but a tutorial center? Huge difference in terms of being a licensed international school v/s being a language center.
    It would be more than a language center. It would be a school but in English.

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