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TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1982
SCHOOLS INVITED TO JOIN JSEA SYSTEM IN 1983
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SCHOOLS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 1983 JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT (JSEA) SYSTEM SHOULD APPLY TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON OR BEFORE MARCH 29 THIS YEAR, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
+THOSE PRIVATE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS NOT IN THE BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME WHICH CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE ARE REMINDED THAT THEY MUST NOTIFY PARENTS THAT THEIR CHILDREN WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR ALLOCATION TO SUBSIDIZED FORM 4 PLACES, HE SAID.
ALL GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, AIDED SCHOOLS, NON-PROF IT-MAK ING PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND INDEPENDENT PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME WILL BE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE NEXT YEAR.
SCHOOLS WHICH PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR ARE REQUESTED TO RE-AFFIRM WITH THE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN 1983.
SINCE THE IDENTITY CARD NUMBER OF EACH PARTICIPATING STUDENT WILL BE PRINTED ON HIS CERTIFICATE, STUDENTS SHOULD ENSURE THEY HAVE THEIR PERSONAL IDENTITY CARD BEFORE THEY ENTER FOR THE SCALING TEST, THAT IS, BEFORE SEPTEMBER OF THE YEAR THEY ENTER FORM 3.
SUCH IDENTITY CARDS SHOULD BE THE NEW TYPE WHICH BEARS THE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE HOLDER, AND CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICE.
FIRE BAN LIFTED ***
THE BAN ON THE USE OF FIRES IN THE TAI LAM COUNTRY PARK AND THE TAI PO KAU NATURE RESERVE HAS BEEN LIFTED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
HOWEVER, PICNICKERS TO THESE TWO AREAS AND TO THE COUNTRYSIDE IN GENERAL ARE ADVISED TO USE ONLY APPROVED BARBECUE PITS AND CONTINUE TO TAKE SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS IN PREVENTING THE OUTBREAK OF FIRES.
THE BAN ON FIRES IN THE TAI LAM COUNTRY PARK AND THE TAI PO KAU NATURE RESERVE WAS IMPOSED ON DECEMBER 20 LAST YEAR WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE EXTREMELY DRY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY SAID THE BAN WAS LIFTED IN VIEW OF THE RECENT CHANGE IN WEATHER.