Discovery College has set up an ePayment system to save parents from sending cash and or cheques to meet miscellaneous fees at the College.

Please note that the ePayment account is different from the normal school fees account set up with ESF, where you would need to deposit school fees by way of direct debt. Discovery College will not be able to transfer money paid into the ESF school fee account. Please ensure you deposit school activity fees into your ePayment account.

The miscellaneous fees cover a wide range of incidental expenses and activities such as swimming, Hong Kong based activities such as camps, field trips, LEAP, sporting trips, etc.

For overseas trips such as No Boundaries, the College will continue to collect fees separately by cheque.

The same ePayment system is already operational at Renaissance College and is currently being rolled out to all ESF schools.

Each student will be assigned a personalized ePayment account in the ESF Gateway System in which school will debit the account for the activities undertaken individually. You will be able to check the account details, balance and transaction records online via the ePayment module in the ESF Gateway System.

Parents are notified before an amount is debited from their accounts. Should your account have insufficient funds, an email will be sent to you to request for additional deposit. At any time parents can log into their own account to see the charges and to top up their balance if necessary.

You may top up the balance in the ePayment account via PPS, Internet Payment Services or by check.

Epayment System General Info and Top up instruction can be found ePayment instruction via
http://discovery.edu.hk/cms/index.php/information/epayment#inst.

If you forgot your login and/or password, you may retrieve them via
http://dc1.tg.esf.edu.hk/
click “forgot password or login name”, enter your email address and the info will be sent to your email address.

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When your son/daughter undertakes an activity for which payment is required, the College will debit your account base on your instructions on the permission note. Should you have selected the method as “epayment”, and your account have insufficient funds an email will be sent to you to request an additional deposit. We would suggest that parents make a larger deposit than the amount due in order to save time and effort.

Parents can check the account details, balance and transaction records online via the ePayment module in the ESF Gateway System.

1. To access ePayment module, log in to the Gateway at https://dc.tg.esf.edu.hk/ using your Gateway Parent username and password.

NOTE: Password reset instructions can be found here.

2. Go to menu Admin -> ePayment

The ePayment module on Gateway allows you to:

• Check account balance and transaction records
• Check payment records
• Check account top-up (add value) records
• Transfer funds from one child to another (if you have several children at school)
• View top-up options summary (detailed instructions below)

3. Account Balance and Transaction Records tab

• Select a student from the drop-down list (if you have more than one child at school)
• Transactions table will list all recent transactions for selected student's account
• The inset above the transactions table shows current account balance and total outstanding amount for selected student for quick reference

4. Payment Records tab

• Select a student from the drop-down list (if you have more than one child at school)
• You can use the filtering options above the payments table to filter the list by date range, payment type and/or payment status
• UNPAID items in the payments list have no date in 'Time of paid' column
• The inset above the filters shows current account balance and total outstanding amount for selected student for quick reference

5. Add Value Records tab

• Select a student from the drop-down list (if you have more than one child at school)
• The transactions table will display a list of account top-up (add value) transactions for selected student
• You can use the filtering options above the transactions table to filter the list by specific date range
• The inset above the filters shows current account balance and total outstanding amount for selected student for quick reference

6. Transfer to Another Child tab (if you have more than one child at school)

If you have more than one child attending Discovery College, you can use the form on this tab to transfer funds from on student's account to another.

• Select student to transfer funds FROM in 'Transfer From' drop-down list. The Balance inset will display current balance in selected student's account.
• Select student to transfer funds TO in 'Transfer To' drop-down list
• Enter the amount of funds to transfer in 'Transfer Amount' field. You cannot transfer an amount larger than current FROM student's balance.

7. Payment Method tab

The Payment Method tab displays important information about topping up (adding value) to students' ePayment accounts. You can see the same information in “How to Top Up (Add Value)” section.

You can top up your child's ePayment account via:

• PPS (by phone or via Internet) - preferred method
• Internet Payment Services – Bank Bill Payment
• Cheque

Please ensure you include your child’s miscellaneous fees reference number (PPS account No/Epayment account number) for all transactions.

Student’s Miscellaneous Fees Reference Number (also known as PPS Account No) : 8-digit number (assigned to each student’s account), and can be located next to the student name in ePayment as show below:

Payment Methods

PPS Payment by Phone or Internet

Payment can be made by funds transfer from any designated bank account in Hong Kong using a touch-tone phone or via the PPS website http://www.ppshk.com. Please call 18011 for bill registration and 18031 for bill payment. (Cut-off time: Mondays to Fridays before 7 p.m., Saturdays before 2 p.m.).

When making payment, please key in:

• - PPS merchant code -"6056",
• Student’s miscellaneous fees reference number - "8-digit number"

Usual payment processing time: 2 working days.

Direct Transfer

Please note that this method has been replaced by the Internet Payment Services – Bank Bill Payment method as suggested by many of our parents due to the convenience.

Internet Payment Services – Bank Bill Payment *

If you are a registered user of a participating bank, you may make payment through e-banking service provided.

When making payment, please select/key in:

• Category – Primary or Secondary Education
• Payee – “Discovery College-Misc Fee” or “Discovery College” (vary by banks)
• Bill Account No - Student’s 8-digit misc fees reference number

*Payment supported by bank account and/or credit card is at the discretion of individual participating bank. See below bank payment support table for details Usual payment processing time: 2 working days.

Cheque:

Make your cheque payable to: Discovery College

IMPORTANT: Make sure you write down the following details on the back of your cheque:

• Payment for: 'ePayment Top-up'
• Student: 8-digit Student ePayment Account Number (see above) OR Full Student Name and Class

Without the above details we may not be able to process your cheque!

Usual payment processing time: 7-10 business days.

PPS Website

If you are not familiar with PPS, you may visit http://www.ppshk.com/index_e.html or you may call PPS Hotline at 2311 9876 for details and information on how to open a PPS account.

For your convenience, a simplified version of PPS information as well as payment instruction can be found in Discovery College’s web site:
http://discovery.edu.hk/cms/index.php/en/information/parent-gateway-help/521

Any Other Problems, please report immediately

Questions regarding the account balance and transaction records
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Questions regarding the ESF Gateway Login or any technical problems
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*Payment supported by bank account and/or credit card is at the discretion of individual participating bank. See below bank payment support table for details

REMARKS

At the discretion of individual participating bank, some segments may not be allowed to settle by Credit Card.

* The cut-off time may be changed from time to time without prior notice. For details, please contact each individual bank.

PPS General Information, details can be found in PPS website: http://www.ppshk.com

PPS is a convenient and simple phone and online bill payment solution that enables you to pay your bills anytime, anywhere. Payments can be made to an ever-increasing number of companies and organizations through any phone or Internet-linked computer, from your pre-registered bank accounts of 21 different banks, around the clock.

Provided jointly by EPS and Hong Kong Telecommunications (HKT) Limited, PPS was launched in 1993 and currently records millions of transactions monthly for a wide variety of merchants ranging from public utilities, government/ statutory organizations, banks, telecommunications companies to educational institutions and charity organizations. There are hundreds of PPS registration terminals all over Hong Kong, including most Circle K convenience stores, PCCW Shops, Aeon counters in all Jusco stores and some major banks, to provide you with the convenience of setting up a PPS account, changing password, updating mobile phone & other related services.

How to open a PPS Account

Open a PPS Account is fast and simple. Bring along your ATM card or credit cards with ATM function to one of our easily accessible PPS Registration Terminals to open your PPS Account, set up a phone and internet password.

Demo on how to open an account is available at http://www.ppshk.com

There are over 200 Circle K convenience stores installed with PPS registration terminals, also in most major areas: PCCW shops and Aeon counters in all JUSCO stores. Full location list is available at: http://www.eps.com.hk/eng/company_ppsreg.asp

PPS Payment by Phone

PPS Payment by Internet

Internet Payment Services
If you are a registered user of a participating bank (see list below), you may make payment through e-banking service provided.

When making payment, please select/key in:

• Category – Primary or Secondary Education
• Payee – "Discovery College-Misc Fee"
• Bill Account No - Student’s 8-digit misc fees reference number

Participating Member Bank List

• Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited
• Bank of Communications, HK Branch
• China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited
• Chong Hing Bank Limited
• Citibank (Hong Kong) Limited
• CITIC Ka Wah Bank Limited
• Dah Sing Bank Limited
• DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
• Fubon Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
• Hang Seng Bank Limited
• HSBC
• Mevas Bank Limited
• Shanghai Commercial Bank Limited
• Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
• The Bank of East Asia Limited
• Wing Hang Bank Limited
• Wing Lung Bank Limited