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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1984
THE REPORT CONCLUDED THAT THE TRIAD SOCIETIES WERE WELL ORGANISED AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A REVIVAL OF THEIR ACTIVITIES.
PRESENTING CERTIFICATES TO OFFICERS AT THE END OF THE FIRST COURSE, MR WEBSTER TOLD THEM: "THE TRIAD PROBLEM IS A REAL PROBLEM AND WILL NOT GO AWAY OF ITS OWN RACCORD. WE ARE FACING UP TO A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN WE IN THE POLICE ARE THE SHARP EDGE OF THE SWORD TO CUT THIS CANCER FROM OUR SOCIETY.
''MAKE NO MISTAKE, IT IS A VERY REAL BATTLE AND IS ALSO GOING TO BE A LONG ONE. HOWEVER, BY APPLICATION,
BY APPLICATION, DEDICATION AND A LOT OF HARD WORK IT'S A BATTLE THAT CAN AND WILL BE WON BY US ALL.
"'YOU ALL HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY AND I LOOK TO YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR YOU TO GUIDE THE LESS ENLIGHTENED. LET'S GO FORWARD IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE SHALL WIN."
PRIMARY ONE PLACES OUT ON FRIDAY
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RESULTS OF ALLOCATION OF DISCRETIONARY PLACES FOR SEPTEMBER 1985 UNDER THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM WILL BE RELEASED ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 14) BY ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
WHETHER THEIR CHILDREN HAD BEEN INTERVIEWED BY THE SCHOOL OR NOT, PARENTS SHOULD GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL TO WHICH THEY HAD APPLIED FOR A PRIMARY ONE PLACE ON THAT DAY, BETWEEN 9 AM AND 5 PM, OR ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 15) BETWEEN 9 AM AND 12 NOON TO FIND OUT THE RESULTS OF THE IR APPLICATION, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
MORE THAN 45 000 OUT OF 78 000 APPLICANTS WERE EXPECTED
TO BE OFFERED DISCRETIONARY PLACES BY THE SCHOOLS,
REGISTRATION OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WOULD TAKE PLACE DURING SCHOOL HOURS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY (DECEMBER 17 AND 18).
PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAD BEEN OFFERED PRIMARY ONE PLACES SHOULD NOTE CAREFULLY THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. THEY SHOULD ALSO BRING ALONG ANY REQUIREMENT BY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, SUCH AS PARENT'S COPY OF THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION APPLICATION FORM, AND THE NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHS.
REGISTRATION OF THE CHILDREN WITH THE SCHOOLS WOULD BE REGARDED AS BINDING ON BOTH THE SCHOOLS AND THE PARENTS.
PARENTS WHO FOR PERSONAL REASONS CANNOT REGISTER THEIR CHILDREN WITH THE SCHOOL WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TWO-DAY PERIOD SHOULD NOTIFY THE SCHOOLS CONCERNED OR THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (5-724383), FOR ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS. THOSE WHO FAIL TO DO SO WOULD BE DEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN UP THE PLACES OFFERED TO THEM.
'THE SPOKESMAN