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ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE FOR THEM TO ATTEND A LOCAL SCHOOL (CHO YIU CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL). ORIGINALLY, 81 OF THEM CHOSE TO ATTEND THAT SCHOOL. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE OBJECTIONS OF THE LOCAL PARENTS, ONLY 23 WERE ABLE TO START THEIR SCHOOLING ON 5 SEPTEMBER 1988. ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE FOR THE OTHERS TO ENTER THE SAME SCHOOL LATER IN PHASES DEPENDING ON THE PROGRESS OF ASSIMILATION OF THE FIRST GROUP OF THE 23 CHILDREN. MEANWHILE, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THEIR EDUCATION IN THE REFUGEE SCHOOL (NEW HORIZON SCHOOL) WITHIN THE KAI TAK TRANSIT CENTRE.
12. CLOSED CENTRE VR CHILDREN: 100 VR CHILDREN FROM SHAM SHUI PO CLOSED CENTRE (SSPCC) AND 100 FROM SAN YICK CLOSED CENTRE (SYCC) WILL START ATTENDING THE REFUGEE SCHOOL (NEW HORIZON SCHOOL) IN THE KAI TAK TRANSIT CENTRE ON 19 SEPTEMBER 1988. UNHCR IS MAKING THE NECESSARY BUSING AND ESCORT ARRANGEMENTS. THE PLAN IS THAT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR ALL THE 800 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN SSPCC WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THEIR EDUCATION IN NEW HORIZON SCHOOL. THE OTHER 800 VR CHILDREN IN SYCC WILL ATTEND A REFUGEE SCHOOL TO BE SET UP IN YUEN LONG AREA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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