Stamford American School Hong Kong

Bunnygirl

A new school in Hong Kong.  Anyone heard about this school or its sister school in other countries?

poonseelai

Bunnygirl 發表於 16-10-5 15:01
A new school in Hong Kong.  Anyone heard about this school or its sister school in other countries?

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2025059/new-international-school-hong-kong-set-profit

964000

其實咁多IS新開，係吾係真係咁大需求？感覺有點泡沫

easyparent

Yes, we should be careful with the purchase of any school debenture. With more supply of ISs, its value may go down.

samsam123321

以為是史丹福tim

matthewcinpat

samsam123321 發表於 16-10-5 18:52
以為是史丹福tim

yes, i had the same misunderstand while the first time i saw the school name...hahha

964000

無際星塵 發表於 16-10-12 16:51
個名改到似學店

稔起「德萃」，好似仲比人告緊

canteen31

964000 發表於 16-10-12 17:07
稔起「德萃」，好似仲比人告緊

唔係告，禁制啫

964000

無際星塵 發表於 16-10-12 17:19
其實有自信嘅點會去改埋呢啲咁嘅名啊

我又想起周六福

leelpe

I don't know if there are other SAIS in other countries but I did visit and sent my child to camp Asia which was hosted by Stamford American international School during our stay in Singapore. It's a big school with excellent facilities, highly recommended by other expatriates (we didn't choose this school for our child because in fact I think it's too luxurious). There is a Stamford Road in Singapore and there are Stamford Street, Stamford Bridge in UK, and  Stamford is a city in USA. It's a common name and was not made up by the school.

FattyDaddy

To be fair, I believe this school chain is from Singapore and "Stamford" is a household name there, its origin being Sir Stamford Raffles who founded the colony of Singapore. The intention was to inspire prestige in the minds of Singaporeans and the name's likeness to a US university is probably coincidental but welcomed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_American_International_School

DreamKid

Stamford 係美國一個好大既城市，在地理上接近紐約。有好多大公司有 office 係果度，只係香港人唔太認識哩個城市。

FattyDaddy

無際星塵 發表於 16-10-22 17:01
我睇唔到間學校，包括母公司Cognita同Sir Stamford Raffles有乜關係 ...

Haha, I agree with you, there is no relationship and they just borrowed the name, a bit like 英皇珠寶 is not related to any 英皇

DreamKid

無際星塵 發表於 16-10-23 08:54
吓，咁多人唔識嘅城市大極有限啦，也沒有任何知名之處，好用唔用點解要借用Stamford黎做校名？ 除非創辦人 ...

我只係想講Stamford 並唔等如以前果啲Tinpo/ Tenbo係 Tempo既冒牌咁。係因為香港人只識 Stanford。至於校名，乜而家咁有講究嘅咩？要尋根溯源先可以改。