British school’s opening date unlikely as it hits planning road block
Mount Kelly International School has withdrawn its application to the Education Bureau as land use clarifications threaten to delay construction on So Kwun Wat site
A British boarding school’s plans to open in Hong Kong have stalled after town planning complications and the withdrawal of its school licence application.
Mount Kelly International School (MKIS), which announced in July that it planned to start operating a campus near Tuen Mun’s Gold Coast by September next year, has pulled its application from the Education Bureau while changes are made to the proposed site’s land use classification.
“Mount Kelly International School is continuing to work with the bureau towards a successful licence approval,” an MKIS spokesman said.
The school has requested the Town Planning Board to change the site’s current classification from “open space” to “government, institution or community” in order to permit construction on the 10,600 square-foot plot of land in So Kwun Wat.
The planning authority was initially slated to discuss the change of land use at its July 29 meeting however MKIS has requested a two-month deferral of the discussion.
It’s almost impossible for the school to get all the things done before September next year
