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SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 1984
HOISTING OF NO. 8 OR HIGHER SIGNAL
LOWERING TO NO. 3 SIGNAL
LOWERING TO NO. 1 SIGNAL OR LOWERING OF ALL SIGNALS
ALL SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE.
ALL SCHOOLS TO RESUME WITH THE NEXT SESSION. KINDERGARTENS TO REMAIN CLOSED.
ALL KINDERGARTENS AND SCHOOLS WILL RESUME WITH THE NEXT SESSION.
IF SCHOOLS ARE NOT IN SESSION WHEN A TROPICAL CYCLONE IS APPROACHING HONG KONG, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION WILL, IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT IT, MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OVER ALL RADIO AND TELEVISION CHANNELS, ADVISING PARENTS WHETHER OR NOT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE IN THE EVENING OR THE EARLY MORNING, AND WILL BE TIMED, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, BEFORE CHILDREN SET OUT FROM THE IR HOME.
THE FIRST RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE MORNING FOR A.M. AND WHOLE-DAY SCHOOLS WILL BE NOT LATER THAN 6.15 AM, AND FOR P.M. SCHOOLS (INCLUDING P.M. SESSIONS) NOT LATER THAN 11.00 AM.
THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE REPEATED AT REGULAR AND FREQUENT INTERVALS THROUGH RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS.
IN THE CASE OF PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, THE SAME PROCEDURES WILL APPLY IF THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION CONSIDERS THAT A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT IS WARRANTED.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DIRECTOR RESERVES THE DISCRETION TO CLOSE ALL SCHOOLS IF THERE IS DANGER FROM EXCESSIVE RAIN AND STORM CONDITIONS.
SEPARATE ANNOUNCEMENTS CONCERNING PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS WILL BE MADE BY THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT ANY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENT WILL ONLY CONCERN KINDERGARTENS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
INCLUDING ENGLISH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION SCHOOLS, BRITISH FORCES SCHOOLS, EVENING SCHOOLS, POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES (LINGNAN AND SHUE YAN), TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE AND THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION.
TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS (THE UNIVERSITIES, POLYTECHNICS AND BAPTIST COLLEGE) WILL MAKE THEIR OWN ARRANGEMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS,
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