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‘Devastated’: Tung Wah College says sorry for false admission offers to 11,000 hopefuls

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All 1 reports on Wed, 5 August 2026

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Tung Wah CollegeTWCHong KongKowloon

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How it spread - 1 original report

  1. Wed, 5 August 2026

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    • South China Morning Post10:58first to report

      A tertiary institution in Hong Kong has apologised for mistakenly sending an email to all 11,139 of its applicants telling them that they had been admitted and asking them to pay an acceptance fee, saying the error was an administrative oversight. The blunder involving Tung Wah College (TWC) in Kowloon on Wednesday sparked angry complaints online for briefly raising the hopes of candidates who had yet to receive university offers, only to dash them hours later. More than 45,000 students using...

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