Editing Direct Subsidy Scheme (section)

==Controversy==
Pegasus Philip Wong Kin Hang Christian Primary School, a DSS school, sparked controversy in 2009 when the sponsoring body pulled out,<ref name=pul>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=82565&sid=23981975&con_type=3&d_str=20090525&sear_year=2009 |title=School's in despite pulling out |author=Diana Lee |date=25 May 2009 |publisher=The Standard |accessdate=16 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143746/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=82565&sid=23981975&con_type=3&d_str=20090525&sear_year=2009 |archivedate=4 June 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and irregularities in its accounts were revealed. The school management committee agreed to pay an advance payment of two to three weeks to Pegasus Social Service Christian Organization, the sponsoring body, which is also the school's service provider and chaired by school supervisor Carmen Leung Suk-ching.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=82690&sid=23998078&con_type=1&d_str=20090527&sear_year=2009 |title=School sponsors face legal action on accounts |author=NickkitaLau |date=27 May 2009 |publisher=The Standard |accessdate=16 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143758/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=82690&sid=23998078&con_type=1&d_str=20090527&sear_year=2009 |archivedate=4 June 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The government's monitoring mechanism over DSS schools has therefore been criticised by legislators.<ref name=pul/>

Some DSS schools have also come under criticism for raising school fees despite the economic downturn.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=73399&sid=21141288&con_type=1&d_str=20081024&sear_year=2008 |title=Tuition fees cut for 5,000 students at DSS schools |date=24 October 2008 |publisher=The Standard |accessdate=16 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143814/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=73399&sid=21141288&con_type=1&d_str=20081024&sear_year=2008 |archivedate=4 June 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=28634&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20030930&sear_year=2003 |title=DSS fees raise parents' ire |author=Eddie Luk |date=30 September 2003 |accessdate=16 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143826/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=28634&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20030930&sear_year=2003 |archivedate=4 June 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The scheme has also been criticised as benefiting the private education sector and the well-off students at the expense of the public sector.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=13115&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20020218&sear_year=2002 |title=Money squeeze |author=Eddie Luk |date=18 February 2002 |publisher=The Standard |accessdate=16 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143659/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=13115&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20020218&sear_year=2002 |archivedate=4 June 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>