Park Island Kei Wai Primary School

I don't know too much about this school, other than that the location of the school on Park Island would seem like an ideal place to send your children if you like the idea of children being in a quiter part of Hong Kong with cleaner air. If you lived on Ma Wan you could literally walk your kids to school, and I guess even take them home for lunch time!

What I thought was interesting about this Park Island school though, is that each morning there are a number of children whose parents live on Park Island for the clean environment, who send their kids to schools over at Tsing Yi or on Hong Kong Island because they consider those schools better or more prestigious. And yet at the same time, there a number of bus-loads of children who live outside of Park Island, who arrive each morning at Park Island because their parents prefer them to go to the Kei Wai Primary School!

Apparently Kei Wai Primary School has a reputation for "a more open and relaxed style of learning", which means that traditional Chinese parents may prefer to send their children to schools with a reputation for "strict study and discipline". Meanwhile, other parents, especially those with exposure to an overseas style education, find the idea of a more relaxed and interactive learning environment quite appealing.

If any of you have kids who attend the Kei Wai Primary School, please do feel free to post your thoughts and comments here.

Details of Park Island Kei Wai Primary School below:

Address: 12 Pak Lam Road, Park Island Ma Wan Tsuen Wan, Kowloon



Tel: 2986 3111


Fax: 2986 3617

Gender: Co-Education


Medium of Instruction: Chinese and English
Sessions: Whole-Day Class

Religion: Christian

Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2012 at 3:49 AM

    My cousin's going to this school and she's doing well, and getting better in English. Now I can speak English to her more.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2012 at 3:50 AM

    My cousin's getting better in English
    Thank You for teaching her

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  3. AnonymousOctober 31, 2013 at 3:38 AM

    Hi, I've just moved to Park Island and I'd like to offer English tuition at evenings and weekends. Do you know where would be best to advertise? Not able to find any classifieds on the Island! Thanks, Abbey.

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  4. The Park Island BloggerNovember 2, 2013 at 12:32 AM

    Try joining the facebook group for Park Island, called The Ma Wan Network.https://www.facebook.com/groups/MaWan/

    You might also want to put up flyers in the Park and Shop and into various mailboxes in the blocks.

    Good Luck!

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