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Senior Education Officer, Mrs Pak Au Tak-chuen, said all centres would remain open on Sunday (March 9).
period.
Completed forms should be returned to the same centre within the specified
She reminded parents that if they did not receive the letter by Friday (March 7), they should contact the School Places Allocation Section (Primary One Admission) on 2832 7700 immediately.
"The central allocation of primary one places is based on parental choices with no reference to the 'Points System'," she said.
"However, when a school is oversubscribed, random numbers will be generated by the computer to decide the order of priority in allocating places of the school.
"This is to ensure fairness to all applicants," she added.
Parents who have moved house recently or are planning to move in the near future must inform the School Places Allocation Section (Primary One Admission) so that arrangements can be made to allocate a place to their children in their new home Net.
Results of the central allocation will be released in early June and details of arrangement will be announced later.
Parents are welcome to make use of the department's automatic telephone enquiry service on 2891 0088 for the latest information on the central allocation.
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1996 Population By-census data incinerated
Questionnaires containing data on individual persons, households and quarters collected in the 1996 Population By-census were incinerated this (Monday) morning at the Kwai Chung Incinerator under the direct supervision of staff of the Census and Statistics Department.
The Population By-census was conducted in mid-March 1996.