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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1987
PARENTS UNABLE TO REGISTER THEIR CHILDREN WITH THE SCHOOL WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TWO-DAY PERIOD FOR PERSONAL REASONS SHOULD NOTIFY THE SCHOOL CONCERNED OR THROUGH THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON TELEPHONE 5-724383 TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.
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'FAILURE TO HEED THE ADVICE WOULD BE DEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN UP THE PLACE OFFERED TO THEM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID A GOVERNMENT OR AN AIDED COULD ACCEPT CHILDREN TO FILL UP TO 65 PER CENT OF PLACES AS DISCRETIONARY PLACES.
PRIMARY SCHOOL ITS PRIMARY ONE
"THE REMAINING 35 PER CENT OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES WILL BE RESERVED FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION AT A LATER STAGE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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AS SOME SCHOOLS ARE OVER-SUBSCRIBED FOR THEIR DISCRETIONARY PLACES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID A NUMBER OF CHILDREN HAD NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR APPLICATION AND PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN WOULD BE INFORMED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TOGETHER WITH THOSE PARENTS WHO HAD NOT APPLIED FOR A DISCRETIONARY PLACE INDIVIDUALLY BY LETTER IN MARCH 1988 TO GO TO A DISTRIBUTION COLLECTION CENTRE IN THEIR HOME DISTRICT TO OBTAIN A COPY OF CHOICE OF SCHOOLS FORM AND A LIST OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WOULD SUBSEQUENTLY ALLOCATE PRIMARY ONE PLACE TO THEIR CHILDREN WITHIN THEIR HOME DISTRICT ACCORDING TO THE PARENTS' CHOICE UNDER THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION SCHEME. DETAILS OF WHICH WOULD BE ANNOUNCED LATER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
VA'S PART IN PROVIDING WELFARE SERVICES PRAISED
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LARGE EXTENT ON
LARGE
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OF
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HONG KONG'S WELFARE SYSTEM DEPENDS TO A EFFORTS OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS TO PROVIDE A
PROPORTION OUR DIRECT WELFARE SERVICES, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, JOHN CHAMBERS, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
KONG FOR ITS FOR
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE HONG STUDENT AID SOCIETY, MR CHAMBERS PAID TRIBUTE TO THE SOCIETY EFFORTS IN PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL CARE AND EDUCATION UNDER-PRIVILEGED CHILDREN.
HE SAID THE SOCIETY HAD BEEN ABLE TO HELP A TOTAL OF NEARLY 1,700 CHILDREN SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1957.
"THE ANNUAL GOVERNMENT SOCIAL WELFARE SUBVENTION HAS INCREASED
PRESENT. WHILE THE FROM $41,000 IN 1970 TO $6.6 MILLION AT
SOCIETY
MADE HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH AND HAS
REMARKABLE PROGRESS
IN DEVELOPING ITS SERVICES, HE SAID.
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/MR CHAMBERS