TUESDAY, DECLMLEK
1985
LADY YOUDE VISITS SHA TIN
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LADY YOUDE TODAY VISITED SHA TIN TO SEE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS AND FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
SHE
ACCOMPANIED BY SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR W.K. LAM, FIRST TOURED THE NEW TOWN PLAZA WHERE SHE VISITED A WELL-KNOWN BALLET SCHOOL.
THE PARTY THEN WENT TO KAU TO PAVILION WHERE LADY YOUDE WAS BRIEFED ON THE MA ON SHAN DEVELOPMENT. SHE WAS THEN TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE SHA TIN STADIUM AND THE JOCKEY CLUB SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX.
THE NEXT STOP WAS THE LUNG HANG ESTATE, FOLLOWED BY A VISIT TO THE CHE KUNG TEMPLE.
46 000 ALLOCATED PRIMARY ONE DISCRETIONARY PLACES
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ABOUT 46 000 CHILDREN WOULD BE OFFERED A DISCRETIONARY PLACE AT GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS UNDER THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR AND RESULTS OF THE ALLOCATION WOULD BE RELEASED BY ALL SUCH SCHOOLS ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 13).
THE CHILDREN ARE AMONG MORE THAN 80 000 APPLICANTS WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR A PRIMARY ONE PLACE UNDER THE POA SYSTEM, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.
PARENTS ARE ADVISED TO RETURN TO THE SCHOOL AT WHICH THEY APPLIED FOR A PRIMARY ONE PLACE ON FRIDAY TO FIND OUT THE RESULTS OF THEIR APPLICATIONS.
OPENING HOURS FOR THESE SCHOOLS ON THAT DAY ARE BETWEEN 9 AM AND 5 PM. ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 14), SCHOOLS WOULD BE OPEN BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON.
REGISTRATION OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WOULD TAKE PLACE NEXT MONDAY (DECEMBER 16) AND TUESDAY (DECEMBER 17) DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN OFFERED A PLACE ARE ADVISED TO NOTE CAREFULLY THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURES AND ALL REQUIREMENTS BY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.
ITEMS TO BE BROUGHT ALONG INCLUDE THE PARENT'S COPY OF THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION APPLICATION FORM, AND THE NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CHILDS AS REQUIRED BY THE SCHOOLS.
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