THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1984
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DUE TO THE UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF PRIMARY ONE PUPILS, SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT PUBLIC-SECTOR PRIMARY ONE PLACES MAY HAVE TO INCORPORATE SOME SCHOOL PLACES FROM SCHOOLS IN NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS TO MAKE UP FOR THE SHORTAGES.
THE SPOKESMAN ASSURED PARENTS THAT SUCH MOVES ARE ESSENTIAL AND WELL-PLANNED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE PARENTS CONCERNED SO AS TO ENABLE CHILDREN TO BE ALLOCATED TO A SCHOOL NEAREST TO THEIR HOME ACCORDING TO THEIR PARENTS' CHOICES.
HE ADDED THAT PARENTS WHO HAVE MOVED HOUSE RECENTLY OR ARE PLANNING TO MOVE HOUSE SOON MUST INFORM THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT SO THAT ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE TO ALLOCATE PLACES TO THE IR CHILDREN IN THEIR NEW HOME DISTRICT.
RESULTS OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PLACES WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN LATE JUNE.
SHA VISITS CONSUMER COUNCIL
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THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED THE CONSUMER COUNCIL FOR A BRIEFING ON CONSUMER PROTECTION WORK UNDERTAKEN BY THE COUNCIL.
MR BRAY, WHO WAS TAKING THE PLACE OF THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WAS BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS OF THE FIRST EVER CONSUMER RIGHTS PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN. THE CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED ON MARCH 15 AND MARKED 10 YEARS OF SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1974.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE COUNCIL'S CHAIRMAN, MR GALLANT HO, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MISS OPHELIA CHEUNG, MR BRAY SAW AT THE WAN CHAI ROAD SUB-OFFICE SOME POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TOYS WHICH ARE VERY APPEALING TO YOUNG CHILDREN AND CAN DECEIVE EVEN THE MOST DISCERNING PARENT.
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AMONG THESE ARE THE SO-CALLED +GROWING PETS+ FROGS, FISH AND ANIMALS WHICH RAPIDLY EXPAND IN SIZE WHEN IN CONTACT WITH WATER.
IT WOULD BE DISASTROUS IF THEY WERE SWALLOWED BY YOUNG CHILDREN, MISS CHEUNG SAID.
OTHER POTENTIALLY UNSAFE PRODUCTS COLLECTED BY THE COUNCIL INCLUDE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SUCH AS HAIR DRYERS, COOKERS, EXTENSION CORDS AND POWER ADAPTORS.
MR BRAY WAS TOLD THAT EXTENSIVE TESTS HAVE TO BE CARRIED OUT TO ESTABLISH THEIR REAL DANGER.
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