Kindergarten and Child Care Centre Fee Remission Scheme Summary of Statistics   2004/ 2005 2005/ 2006 2006/ 2007 2007/ 2008 2008/ 2009 (as at 31.10.2008) No. of applications received 58 367 61 974 62 549 48 170 44 611 No. of applications processed 58 367 61 974 62 549 48 170 40 798 No. of successful applications 55 137 58 035 59 119 37 859 23 501 ½ fee remission 24 874 27 212 28 541 9 857 4 273 ¾ fee remission 19 840 19 919 19 483 13 591 6 635 Full fee remission 10 423 10 904 11 095 14 411 12 593 Fee remission ceilingNote 1           Half day class $ 1,279 $ 1,315 $ 1,379 $16,000 note 4 $16,000 note 4 Whole day class $ 2,260 $ 2,298 $ 2,301 $25,400 note 4 $25,400 note 4 General maximum fee assistance level Notes 2and 3           Group aged under 2   $4,676 $4,680 $4,680 $4,735 Group aged 2-3   $2,689 $2,779 $2,992 $3,153 Total amount of fee remitted $ 484.9m $ 544.2m $ 630.3m $ 275.4m $ 45.9m Note 1 Fee remission ceiling per student per month by making reference to the weighted average fee of non-profit making kindergartens provided by the Education Bureau Note 2 set by Social Welfare Department for child care centres on a per student per month basis Note 3 implemented with effect from 1 September 2005 Note 4 fee remission ceiling per student per annum