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TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1976

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SSEE RESULTS AVAILABLE FROM JULY 16

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+ IT IS EXPECTED THAT, IF NO UNFORESEEN DIFFICULTIES ARISE THE RESULTS OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN AT THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOLS FROM JULY 16,+ MR. HERBERT WOO, SECRETARY OF THE EXAMINATION, ANNOUNCED TO-DAY.

HEADS OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS ARE BEING ADVISED WHEN AND WHERE TO COLLECT THEIR RESULTS IN THE USUAL WAY.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS WILL NOT BE ISSUED TO NEWSPAPERS. +THIS IS TO SAVE TIME AND PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN THEIR CHILDREN'S RESULTS AT LEAST TWO DAYS EARLIER THAN WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE IF THE PRESS LIST HAD TO BE COMPILED AND CHECKED,+ MR. WOO SAID.

THIS YEAR, CANDIDATES ELIGIBLE FOR FIVE-YEAR PLACES ARE GROUPED INTO FIVE ELOCKS, CALLED X1, X2, X3, X4 AND X5, EACH HAVING APPROXIMATELY 4,500 PUPILS CANDIDATES ELIGIBLE FOR THREE-YEAR PLACES FORM TWO BLOCKS, Y1 AND Y2, EACH HAVING ABOUT 20,000 PUPILS, AND THE REMAINDER WILL BE IN FIVE BLOCKS, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 AND 25, EACH HAVING ABOUT 7,100 PUPILS.

CANDIDATES' PERFORMANCE IN INDIVIDUAL SUBJECTS, CHINESE, ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS ARE GRADED AS BEFORE, GRADE 1 BEING THE BEST AND GRADE 9 BEING THE WORST.

GRADUATION CEREMONIES FOR TWO COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

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THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION WILL HOLD THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONIES TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT 11.00 A.M. AND 4.30 P.M. RESPECTIVELY AT THE CONCERT HALL, CITY HALL.

IN THE MORNING, DR. RAYSON HUANG, VICE-CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG WILL OFFICIATE AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GRADUATION CEREMONY WHILE MR. JOHN WINFIELD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (FURTHER) WILL TAKE THE CHAIR.

IN THE AFTERNOON, MR. J.D. MCGREGOR, DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WILL BE THE GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GRADUATION CEREMONY AND MRS. MCGREGOR WILL PRESENT CERTIFICATES AND PRIZES.

NOTE TO EDITORS: YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE BOTH CEREMONIES COVERED.

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