The outbreak of more than two years has significantly changed people’s life patterns. Learning musical instruments can also be taught online without borders. However, once training institutes close, it is difficult to collect university fees across borders. Legislative Council member Tang Jiabiao held a video conference today (16) to discuss with a number of local parents who participated in the collapse of the “instrumental sparring platform” in the mainland and temporarily received 33 related assistance requests, with victims who lost a total of RMB 760,000 (equivalent to approximately HK $ 850,000).
The mother, Miss Xu, pointed out that the enrollment fee for physical learning of musical instruments in Hong Kong is relatively high, so in 2019, through the introduction of the head teacher, she enrolled her son in a sparring course. of musical instruments on the mainland “VIP sparring” musical instrument sparring platform. She pointed out that she spent about 34,000 yuan on the platform in the three years, but after school was suspended in July, there were still about 15,000 yuan of unused class hours. Another parent pointed out that they believe the platform was endorsed by pianist Lang Lang and the image was positive, so they spent more than 20,000 yuan on the platform to enroll their children in the courses, but the platform soon went bankrupt.
Tang Jiabiao pointed out that the epidemic has changed the learning patterns of many students, but the development of e-commerce in Hong Kong is still not as popular as in the mainland and “VIP sparring” services for cross-border e-goods are more difficult to manage He urged the government and the mainland to establish regulations and methods of mediation, to follow up on the event. She reminded parents to avoid large package purchases from overseas e-commerce platforms.
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