FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1977
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CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION FEES FOR 1978
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THE INITIAL ENTRY FEES FOR THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION 1978 WILL BE RAISED FROM 328 TO $30.
THE SUBJECT ENTRY FEES WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AT $5 PER SUBJECT FOR SCHOOL CANDIDATES AND $10 PER SUBJECT FOR PRIVATE CANDIDATES.
+THIS ADJUSTMENT OF INITIAL ENTRY FEES IS NECESSITATED BY THE RISING DIRECT COST OF OPERATING THE EXAMINATION, + A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EXAMINATIONS DIVISION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
HE POINTED OUT THAT CANDIDATES WOULD BE PAYING ABOUT HALF THE TOTAL COST OF THE EXAMINATION AS WAS THE CASE BEFORE THE REVISION OF FEES.
CHIEF SECRETARY ON ANNUAL LEAVE *****
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, HAS GONE ON SIX-WEEK ANNUAL LEAVE AND DURING HIS ABSENCE, MR. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE
13 ACTING AS CHIEF SECRETARY.
THE POST OF FINANCIAL SECRETARY HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY MR. DAVID JEAFFRESON WHOSE POST OF SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES IS BEING FILLED BY MR. DAVID T.K. WONG.
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