SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1994
85,000 PUPILS ALLOCATED SECONDARY ONE PLACES
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MORE THAN 85,000 PUPILS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED SECONDARY PLACES IN THIS YEAR'S SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION EXERCISE, RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE RELEASED ON TUESDAY (JULY 12).
AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: "ALL 85,263 PUPILS PARTICIPATING IN THE EXERCISE, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR AGES, HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED SECONDARY ONE PLACES IN GOVERNMENT, AIDED OR PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
"THE NUMBER INCLUDES 3,864 PUPILS (4.53 PER CENT) WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINED THE DISCRETIONARY PLACES THEY APPLIED FOR EARLIER THIS YEAR.
"A TOTAL OF 42,286 PUPILS (49.59 PER CENT) HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED PLACES ACCORDING TO THEIR FIRST CHOICE AND 61,019 PUPILS (71.57 PER CENT) ACCORDING TO THEIR FIRST THREE CHOICES.
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ALL PLACES ALLOCATED ARE THREE-YEAR TUITION FEES WILL BE CHARGED.
PLACES FOR WHICH NO
"IN ADDITION TO THE 85,263 PUPILS, A TOTAL OF 15 PUPILS PARTICIPATING IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION EXERCISE HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHICH JOINED THE DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE ALLOCATION RESULTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM PRIMARY SCHOOLS ON TUESDAY (JULY 12) PUPILS SHOULD ARRANGEMENTS SET DOWN BY THEIR SCHOOLS AND RETURN TO ADMISSION SLIP AND ALLOCATION SLIP, ATTACHED TO THEIR IDENTIFICATION FORM, FROM THEIR SCHOOLS.
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THERE IS ONLY ONE REGISTRATION PERIOD THIS YEAR FROM JULY TO 19. ALL PUPILS MUST REPORT DURING THE PERIOD TO THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL MEAN THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO TAKE UP THE PLACES ALLOCATED.
IN CASE BOTH THE PUPIL AND THE PARENT/GUARDIAN ARE AWAY FROM HONG KONG DURING THE REGISTRATION PERIOD, THEY SHOULD AUTHORISE IN WRITING REPRESENTATIVES TO COMPLY WITH THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURES ON THEIR BEHALF. COPIES OF LETTERS OF AUTHORISATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOL HEADS.
IN CASE OF GENUINE DIFFICULTIES THE PARENTS OR PUPILS CONCERNED SHOULD INFORM THE DEPARTMENT'S SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SECTION BEFORE THE END OF THE REGISTRATION PERIOD SO THAT ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.
FAILURE
"AFTER THE REGISTRATION PERIOD, VACANCIES ARISING FROM TO TURN UP FOR REGISTRATION WILL BE FILLED AT THE DISCRETION OF INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, HE ADDED.
WHEN REPORTING TO THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR REGISTRATION, PUPILS ARE EXPECTED TO PUT ON THEIR SCHOOL UNIFORMS. THEY MUST BRING THE FOLLOWING:
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