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Hong Kong college mistakenly offers admission to 10,000 applicants

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Tung Wah College in Hong Kong has apologized after mistakenly sending admission offers to all 10,000 of its applicants. The error, described as an administrative oversight, briefly raised the hopes of students awaiting university placements before being retracted hours later. The college has formed a crisis management team to address the incident and has apologized for the distress caused. AI

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Hong Kong college mistakenly offers admission to 10,000 applicants

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · William Yiu ·

    ‘Devastated’: Tung Wah College says sorry for false admission offers to 10,000 hopefuls

    A tertiary institution in Hong Kong has apologised for mistakenly sending an email to all 10,000 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 C…

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