SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1980
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90 006 PUPILS ALLOCATED SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES
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ALL 90 006 PUPILS PARTICIPATING IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEM HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FORM 1 OR MIDDLE I PLACES IN GOVERNMENT, AIDED OR PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
+ALL ARE THREE-YEAR PLACES FOR WHICH NO TUITION FEES WILL BE CHARGED, HE ADDED.
RESULTS OF ALLOCATION WILL BE RELEASED TO THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS TOMORROW (MONDAY). WHEN ENQUIRING ABOUT THEIR ALLOCATION RESULTS, PUPILS SHOULD FOLLOW THE ARRANGEMENTS SET DOWN BY THE IR RESPECTIVE PRIMARY SCHOOLS. THEY SHOULD ALSO TAKE ALONG THE IR PRIMARY 6 IDENTIFICATION FORMS SO THAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL ALLOCATION SLIPS MAY BE ATTACHED TO THE FORMS.
+ALL PUPILS SHOULD REPORT DURING THE FIRST REGISTRATION PERIOD (JULY 21 AND 22) TO THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DATES AND TIMES SPECIFIED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN SUPPLIED TO ALL PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS + HE ADDED.
+PUPILS WHO FAIL TO REPORT TO THEIR ALLOCATED SECONDARY SCHOOLS DURING THIS PERIOD ARE DEEMED TO HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO TAKE UP THE PLACES ALLOCATED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THEREFORE THOSE PUPILS OR THEIR PARENTS WHO HAVE GENUINE DIFFICULTY IN REPORTING TO THE SCHOOLS DURING THIS PERIOD ARE URGED TO CONTACT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SECTION BEFORE JULY 22 SO THAT OTHER ARRANGEMENTS MAY BE MADE.
+THE SECOND REGISTRATION PERIOD (JULY 28 AND 29) IS MAINLY FOR PUPILS WHO HAVE TO SEEK TRANSFER BECAUSE THEY HAVE MOVED HOUSE RECENTLY, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
+THEY OR THE IR PARENTS SHOULD CONTACT THE DISTRICT COUNCIL SECRETARY OF THE NET TO WHICH THEY HAVE RECENTLY MOVED HOUSE.
+THE SECRETARY, IF SATISFIED WITH THE GENUINENESS OF THE CASE, MAY THEN GRANT APPROVAL FOR TRANSFER AND ASSIST THEM IN SECURING PLACES IN THE NETS CONCERNED, HE SAID.
ALTERNATIVELY, THE PUPILS OR THE IR PARENTS MAY CONTACT A SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOICE IN THE NET THEY HAVE MOVED TO, AND THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL SHOULD THEN SEEK APPROVAL FROM THE DISTRICT COUNCIL SECRETARY OF HIS NET ON BEHALF OF THE PUPILS BEFORE ADMITTING THEM.
+ IF A TYPHOON AFFECTS HONG KONG DURING THE REGISTRATION PERIODS, HEADS OF SCHOOLS AND PARENTS ARE ADVISED TO WATCH OUT FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE MEDIA ON ANY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS,+ THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION RESULTS SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON TELEPHONE 5-272013.
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