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THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1993
THE REVISED REQUIREMENTS ARE:
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APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE ATTAINED GRADE E OR ABOVE IN SIX DIFFERENT SUBJECTS, INCLUDING ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND CHINESE LANGUAGE, AT HKCEE LEVEL IN NOT MORE THAN TWO SITTINGS, WITH AT LEAST FOUR SUBJECTS IN ONE SITTING; AND
APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE OBTAINED NOT LESS THAN 11 THE SIX SUBJECTS, CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF ONE GRADE E, PROGRESSING TO FIVE POINTS FOR GRADE A.
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THE OTHER ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE CONCEPT OF ACCUMULATING PASSES IN TWO SITTINGS WAS IN LINE WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS ADOPTED BY SOME TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AND WITH EXISTING PRACTICE IN CIVIL SERVICE RECRUITMENT EXERCISES.
"THE GRADE POINT SYSTEM IS USED FOR SECONDARY 6 ADMISSION. THE 11 POINTS FOR SIX SUBJECTS AT THE HKCEE IS HIGHER THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR ENTRY TO THE HONG KONG ADVANCED LEVEL (HKAL) EXAMINATION, WHICH IS EITHER GRADE E IN SIX SUBJECTS (1.E. SIX POINTS) OR FIVE SUBJECTS WITH A TOTAL OF EIGHT POINTS, HE SAID.
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EXPLAINING THE ADVANTAGES OF THE TWO REVISED REQUIREMENTS, SPOKESMAN SAID THE FLEXIBILITY WOULD WIDEN THE CHOICE OF CANDIDATES, SOME OF WHOM WOULD HAVE GOOD ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND DESERVE ΤΟ BE CONSIDERED.
"SINCE MORE CANDIDATES WITH HIGHER GRADE POINTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER THE REVISED REQUIREMENTS, THE STANDARD OF SELECTED CANDIDATES WILL CORRESPONDINGLY BE HIGHER.
"BASED ON THE 1992 COLLEGES ADMISSION EXERCISE, FOR EXAMPLE, 1,077 MORE APPLICANTS WITH 11 GRADE POINTS OR ABOVE WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE THREE-YEAR COURSE.
FURTHERMORE, MORE CANDIDATES WITH A FLAIR IN SUBJECTS WITH SPECIAL DEMAND, SUCH AS ENGLISH, MUSIC AND COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS, COULD HAVE BEEN FAVOURABLY CONSIDERED.
"SIMILARLY, 587 MORE APPLICANTS FOR THE TWO-YEAR COURSE WHO HAD GOOD HKAL RESULTS BUT WHOSE HKCEE RESULTS DID NOT EXACTLY MATCH THE PREVIOUSLY RIGID CRITERIA COULD ALSO HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED, HE ADDED.
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THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT THE REVISED FLEXIBLE REQUIREMENTS WOULD ONLY WIDEN THE POOL OF SUITABLE CANDIDATES FOR SELECTION, AND WOULD NOT LOWER THE STANDARD OF CANDIDATES EVENTUALLY ADMITTED INTO THE COLLEGES.
"APART FROM SATISFYING THE MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, THE SELECTION PROCEDURE ALSO INCLUDES INTERVIEWS AND CERTAIN SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ELECTIVE SUBJECTS, WHICH FURTHER DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY OF CANDIDATES.
"ONCE ADMITTED,