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A spokeswoman for the CEF also said
they had not received any complaints
about the recruitment practices of the Genesis Education Centre. She said her
office needed to investigate before
concluding whether or not the institute
had raised the course fee to make up for
the commission it paid to the promoters
or if it had found ways to get money back
from the CEF.
The spokeswoman said the centre would not be removed from the reimbursable course list as long as it could provide qualified courses. Asked if the control on student r e cruitment by the courses providers would be tightened, the spokeswoman said: "We will undertake thorough investigation about the case (of the Genesis Education Centre). And if it's the case, actions will be taken and we'll definitely inform the media out of public interest."
Lawmaker Selina Chow Liang
Shuk-yee, who is a member of the
Legislative Council's education panel, said
if a malpractice was confirmed after an
investigation, the government should
take relevant action, such as removing
the problematic courses from the
reimbursable list of the CEF.
Until the end of February, the CEF has received over 350,000 applications and reimbursed more than HK$1 billion to eligible applicants who are all local residents aged between 18 and 60.
"We'll investigate the case
if we receive information
about the malpractice of the
advertising or recruitment
strategies," the assistant
secretary of the EMB said.