Said Ms Lurvin Lee, operations director of Just Kids, a chain of 12 childcare centres: "Competition is fierce because there are so many centres now, including the mega childcare centres, and some parents are also being lured away by MOE kindergartens which give them priority access to certain primary schools."
Ms Lee said her centres used to be full and have children on waiting lists, but now some centres are only half full.
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