HK star Aaron Kwok’s daughters attend prestigious IB school; fees cost over $61k a year
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Aaron Kwok, his wife Moka Fang and their two older daughters on a family holiday in Singapore in August. The couple have a third daughter who turns one in October.
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- Aaron Kwok's two elder daughters attend Victoria Shanghai Academy, an IB school with annual fees over HK$191,700 each.
- Kwok chose the school for its focus on freedom and less academic pressure, prioritising his daughters' happiness and health.
- Kwok enjoys family activities like swimming and horse riding with his daughters, who prefer dancing over becoming jockeys.
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Hong Kong superstars Aaron Kwok and Andy Lau will have one more topic to talk about when they next meet.
That is because Kwok’s two older daughters – Chantelle, nine, and Charlotte, seven – are now enrolled in the prestigious Victoria Shanghai Academy (VSA), reported Hong Kong media outlet HK01 on Sept 4.
Lau’s 14-year-old daughter, Hanna, attends the same school.
VSA is a private independent school in Hong Kong offering bilingual International Baccalaureate (IB) education through its primary years programme (PYP), middle years programme (MYP) and diploma programme.
HK01 reported that Kwok’s two older daughters are enrolled in the PYP, which has annual tuition fees of about HK$191,700 (S$30,900) a child. This means Kwok spends about HK$383,400 (S$61,800) a year on their education.
Kwok, 60, and his 39-year-old wife, Moka Fang, have another daughter, Cheryl, who turns one in October.
At an event at the Sha Tin Racecourse on Sept 6, Kwok confirmed to the Hong Kong media that his two older daughters are attending VSA. He added that he chose the school as it gives them more freedom in their learning and development.
“There are only a few international schools in Hong Kong. Some of my friends’ children also attend this school, which does not have too much academic pressure,” he said. “I don’t want my daughters to have to study as soon as they return home and end up with myopia. Freedom and happiness are what matter most.”
He said he is aware that Lau’s daughter is in the same school, although she is in the MYP.
“Of course, this gives me another topic to chat about with Andy in future,” said Kwok, who performed his song Strong (1995) and The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s new annual theme song, Go Go Go, at the event. He is the club’s Year of the Horse ambassador. He added that he had recently bumped into singer-actor Jacky Cheung and the pair had a conversation about raising their daughters.
Kwok, Lau, 64, and Cheung, 65, were known as the Four Heavenly Kings together with Leon Lai, 59, during the height of their fame in the 1990s. Cheung has two daughters, aged 21 and 26, while Lai has an eight-year-old daughter.
At the event, Kwok also shared details with the Hong Kong media about his recent family trip to Singapore. He was spotted in August enjoying a holiday in the country with Fang, their daughters and his in-laws.
He said the family stayed at a villa with a private pool, which gave him a rare opportunity to swim with his daughters.
“I used to treat swimming as a form of training, but as my two daughters love to swim, I’ve caught the bug and developed a passion for the sport myself,” he said.
Kwok, who owns a few horses, revealed that his daughters have also developed a love for horse riding.
“We took them for horse riding during this trip to Singapore,” he said. “Once they’re a bit older, we can arrange professional training for them, depending on their interests.”
He added: “As for whether they’ll become jockeys in the future, that’s unlikely, as my daughters are more keen on dancing.”