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The spokesman stressed that the completed application form together with all relevant documents should be returned within office hours in the period from September 25 to 29 direct to a government or aided primary school in which the parent wishes to apply for a discretionary place. This school may either be within or outside the school net in which the child lives.
But the spokesman said parents were strongly advised to select a neighbourhood school in order to reduce unnecessary transport problems and to take the "Points System" into consideration in selecting the school.
The spokesman emphasised that only one application form should be returned in respect of any one child.
"If parents are found to have applied to more than one government or aided school, their applications will be rendered void and any discretionary place allocated on the basis of such applications will be withdrawn," he said.
The spokesman also requested parents of those children who cannot use Chinese as a learning medium to seek advice from the department's Primary One Admission Unit at second floor, 269 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong on tel 2832 7700 before submitting an application form.
He added that schools receiving too few applications for discretionary places might not be allowed to operate Primary One classes, and in such cases, children already accepted by these schools for discretionary places will have to be subsequently re-allocated to some other schools which have vacancies.
If parents only wish to apply for Central Allocation, they should send in the completed application form with relevant documents to one of the following Collection Centres within office hours during the same period :-
1.
Primary One Admission Unit
Lui Kee Education Services Centre
(second floor, 269 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong.)
2.
Education Department Kowloon Sub-office
(seventh floor, 405 Nathan Road, Kowloon.)
3.
Sha Tin District Office, Public Enquiry Service Centre
4.
(first floor, Citylink Plaza, 1 Shatin Station Circuit, Sha Tin, N.T.)
Tai Po District Office, Public Enquiry Service Centre
(ground floor, Tai Po Govt. Offices Building,
1 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po, N.T.)