Thank you for your e-mail. This message is an acknowledgement of receipt
of your e-mail. Your e-mail will be forwarded to the responsible officer
for processing/reply. (This message is generated by Auto Reply System)
Education Bureau Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 本局現確認收到你
的電郵。你的電郵會轉至有關負責人處理/回覆。 (以上訊息由自動回覆系統發出)
香港特別行政區 教育局謹覆

Dear Sir/Madam,

Code on Access to Information

Application No. 6/2023

I refer to your application under the Code on Access to Information
received by EDB on 14 January 2023.

Your request is now under processing. According to paragraph 1.16 of the
Code, we will inform you of the latest progress of the case separately on
or before 3 February 2023. In the meantime, please contact the undersigned
at 2892 6121 if you have any enquiries relating to the Code.

Yours sincerely,

(Miss Katie CHENG)

for Secretary for Education

From: Nok Hin Chen <[1][FOI #1283 email]>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 4:09 PM
To: EDBInfo/EDB <[2][Education Bureau request email]>
Subject: [Possible SPAM] Freedom of Information request - Awardee
statistics for the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme (HKSES)

Dear Education Bureau,

Please provide me with the following statistics on candidates
applying/previously applied to the HKSES program.

1) All applicants: total number of applicants in each cycle for the past 5
years, along with the % of applicants offered an interview and % of
applicants awarded the scholarship

2) Successful awardees under the American patterned education system
(SAT/ACT/AP): Total number of such awardees, and a full list of the scores
achieved by the aforementioned awardees on the SAT and/or ACT.

Please provide this in a spreadsheet.

Yours faithfully,
Nok Hin Chen

-------------------------------------------------------------------

This is a request under the Code of Access to Information facilitated via
the accessinfo.hk website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[3][FOI #1283 email]

Is [4][Education Bureau request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to Education Bureau? If so, please contact us using this form:
[5]https://accessinfo.hk/en/change_request/...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
[6]https://accessinfo.hk/en/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

-------------------------------------------------------------------

References

Visible links
1. mailto:[FOI #1283 email]
2. mailto:[Education Bureau request email]
3. mailto:[FOI #1283 email]
4. mailto:[Education Bureau request email]
5. https://accessinfo.hk/en/change_request/...
6. https://accessinfo.hk/en/help/officers

Dear Sir/Madam,

Code on Access to Information

Application No. 6/2023

I refer to your application under the Code on Access to Information (the
Code) received by the Education Bureau (EDB) on 14 January 2023 and
provide the available information as follows.

      The total number of applications received for the past five cohorts
(i.e. the 2018/19 to 2022/23 cohorts) of the Hong Kong Scholarship for
Excellence Scheme (HKSES), along with the percentage of applicants
shortlisted for interviews and the percentage of applicants awarded with
the scholarship, is provided at Annex.

      [See attachment "Annex.pdf"]

Among the total number of 488 awardees of the past five cohorts of HKSES,
118 submitted along with their applications for undergraduate studies
their examination results of the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) /
American College Testing (ACT) / Advanced Placement (AP).  As applicants
applying for postgraduate programmes under HKSES are not mandated to
provide their public examination results, we do not maintain the record in
this regard.

We are unable to accede to your request in providing the full list of
scores attained by the concerned HKSES awardees in accordance with section
2.9 (c) of the Code, as the disclosure of such information would harm or
prejudice the proper and efficient management of the HKSES by the EDB.

You may request a review of our decision if considered necessary.  You may
also seek assistance from The Ombudsman; contact information is provided
below –

Office of The Ombudsman, Hong Kong

30/F, China Merchants Tower

Shun Tak Centre

168-200 Connaught Road Central

Hong Kong

Telephone : 2629 0555

Fax : 2882 8149

Yours sincerely,

(Miss Katie CHENG)

for Secretary for Education

From: Katie HK CHENG/EDB
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 5:13 PM
To: '[FOI #1283 email]'
<[1][FOI #1283 email]>
Subject: Code on Access to Information (Application No. 6/2023)

Dear Sir/Madam,

Code on Access to Information

Application No. 6/2023

I refer to your application under the Code on Access to Information
received by EDB on 14 January 2023.

Your request is now under processing. According to paragraph 1.16 of the
Code, we will inform you of the latest progress of the case separately on
or before 3 February 2023. In the meantime, please contact the undersigned
at 2892 6121 if you have any enquiries relating to the Code.

Yours sincerely,

(Miss Katie CHENG)

for Secretary for Education

From: Nok Hin Chen <[2][FOI #1283 email]>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 4:09 PM
To: EDBInfo/EDB <[3][Education Bureau request email]>
Subject: [Possible SPAM] Freedom of Information request - Awardee
statistics for the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme (HKSES)

Dear Education Bureau,

Please provide me with the following statistics on candidates
applying/previously applied to the HKSES program.

1) All applicants: total number of applicants in each cycle for the past 5
years, along with the % of applicants offered an interview and % of
applicants awarded the scholarship

2) Successful awardees under the American patterned education system
(SAT/ACT/AP): Total number of such awardees, and a full list of the scores
achieved by the aforementioned awardees on the SAT and/or ACT.

Please provide this in a spreadsheet.

Yours faithfully,
Nok Hin Chen

-------------------------------------------------------------------

This is a request under the Code of Access to Information facilitated via
the accessinfo.hk website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[4][FOI #1283 email]

Is [5][Education Bureau request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to Education Bureau? If so, please contact us using this form:
[6]https://accessinfo.hk/en/change_request/...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
[7]https://accessinfo.hk/en/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

-------------------------------------------------------------------

References

Visible links
1. mailto:[FOI #1283 email]
2. mailto:[FOI #1283 email]
3. mailto:[Education Bureau request email]
4. mailto:[FOI #1283 email]
5. mailto:[Education Bureau request email]
6. https://accessinfo.hk/en/change_request/...
7. https://accessinfo.hk/en/help/officers