Controversy
Pegasus Philip Wong Kin Hang Christian Primary School, a DSS school, sparked controversy when the sponsoring body pulled out and irregularities in its accounts were revealed. The school management committee agreed to pay an advance payment of two to three weeks to Pegasus Social Service Christian Organization, the sponsoring body, which is also the school's service provider and chaired by school supervisor Carmen Leung Suk-ching. The government's monitoring mechanism over Direct Subsidy Scheme schools has therefore been criticized by legislators.
Some DSS schools have also come under criticism for raising school fees despite the economic downturn.
The Scheme has also been criticized as benefiting the private education sector and the well-off students at the expense of the public sector.
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