THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1984
+ THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT AND THE ENGINEERING WORKS INVOLVED IN SUPPLYING ELECTRICITY TO CHEUNG CHAU - WHICH REQUIRED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE LAYING OF SUBMARINE CABLES FROM CHI MA WAN ON LANTAU TO CHEUNG CHAU HAVE DEMONSTRATED, YET AGAIN, CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY'S COMMITMENT TO THE CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG. THE COMPANY HAS AN IMPRESSIVE PROGRAMME OF EXPANSION WHICH STRETCHES WELL INTO THE FUTURE AND WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT THE DEMAND FOR ITS SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO BE MET RELIABLE AND EFFICIENTLY.
+LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM SURE YOU WILL ALL SHARE MY PLEASURE AND JOIN ME IN THANKING THE TWO COMPANIES AND ALL CONCERNED FOR BRINGING THIS PROJECT TO FRUITION. IT IS A PROJECT WHICH WILL BE WARMLY WELCOMED BY ALL THE RESIDENTS OF CHEUNG CHAU AND THE MANY VISITORS WHO VISIT THIS ATTRACTIVE ISLAND.+
PARENTS ASKED TO COLLECT SCHOOL FORMS
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CHILDREN WHO FAILED TO SECURE A DISCRETIONARY PLACE IN THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM WILL BE CENTRALLY ALLOCATED A PLACE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
+THE DEPARTMENT HAS SENT LETTERS TO PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN ASKING THEM TO GO TO A SPECIFIED DISTRIBUTION-COLLECTION CENTRE BETWEEN MARCH 25 AND 28 TO COLLECT A CHOICE OF SCHOOLS FORM AND A LIST OF ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THEIR OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
THE FORMS SHOULD THEN BE RETURNED TO THE SPECIFIED CENTRE WITHIN THE TWO DATES, HE ADDED.
PARENTS WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE LETTER BY TODAY (THURSDAY), SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT (TEL. NO. 5-724383), HE NOTED,
A PARENT WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY APPLIED UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR A DISCRETIONARY PLACE AT A SCHOOL IN HIS OWN DISTRICT COULD STILL
INCLUDE THAT SCHOOL IN HIS PREFERENCE LIST.
THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION WILL BE BASED SOLELY ON PARENTS' CHOICE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE POINTS SYSTEM, THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED.
WHEN A PARTICULAR SCHOOL IS OVERSUBSCRIBED, A RANDOM SELECTION METHOD WILL BE USED TO ENSURE FAIRNESS TO ALL CHILDREN LIVING IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.
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