‘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… The blunder involving Tung Wah College (TWC) in Kowloon on Wednesday sparked angry complaints online for briefly raising the hopes of candidates who had yet to receive university offers, only to dash them hours later.

News - South China Morning Post reports that 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…

The report adds: The blunder involving Tung Wah College (TWC) in Kowloon on Wednesday sparked angry complaints online for briefly raising the hopes of candidates who had yet to receive university offers, only to dash them hours later.

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