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MR DOMINIC Scott, chief executive of the UK Council for International Students' Affairs, said he expected increasing numbers of well-off students from China, Malaysia and Singapore to take advantage of the weaker pound this year and come to private schools in Britain.
'There are signs that if jobs become scarce, parents worldwide are more willing to spend money on the education of their children,' he said.
In Hong Kong, Ms Katherine Forestier, director of Education Services at the British Council, said there has been an increase in the number of students considering an education in Britain.
'I wouldn't be surprised if there's a 10 per cent increase,' Ms Forestier said. 'In a downturn, education becomes more important ...And part of that is real competence in English, there's a growing demand for that in Hong Kong.'
The Good Schools Guide's editor Sue Fieldman noted that Asian parents are usually drawn to big-name schools such as Eton, Harrow and Rugby. -REUTERS
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