Kindergarten and Child Care Centre Fee Remission Scheme Summary of Statistics 2007/ 2008 2008/ 2009 2009/ 2010 2010/ 2011 2011/ 2012 (as at 31.1.2012) No. of applications received 48 170 51 039 45 572 42 492 37 019 No. of applications processed 48 170 51 039 45 572 42 492 36 626 No. of successful applications 37 859 39 392 31 662 27 948 33 130 ½ fee remission 9 857 8 042 7 460 7 049 8 082 ¾ fee remission 13 591 11 327 10 025 7 279 2 499 Full fee remission 14 411 20 023 14 177 13 620 22 549 Fee remission ceiling    Note 1           Half day class $16,000 note4 $16,000 note4 $18,000 note4 $18,700 note4 $19,500 note4 Whole day class $25,400 note4 $25,400 note4 $29,300 note4 $30,200 note4 $31,500 note4 General maximum fee assistance level  Notes 2and 3           Group aged under 2 $ 4,680 $ 4,735 $ 4,735 $ 4,735 $ 4,965 Group aged 2-3 $ 2,992 $ 3,153 $ 3,183 $ 3,332 $ 3,450 Total amount of fee remitted $ 275.4m $ 309.7m $ 271.7m $ 238.9m $200.2m 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