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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1976

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H.K.C.E. EXAM RESULTS AVAILABLE TOMORROW

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THE RESULTS OF THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION 1976 WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS NOTICES FOR SCHOOL CANDIDATES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION BY SCHOOLS TOMORROW MORNING. RESULTS NOTICES FOR PRIVATE CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN POSTED AND SHOULD REACH CANDIDATES BY FRIDAY AT THE LATEST.

AS RESULTS ARE BEING SUPPLIED TO ALL CANDIDATES INDIVIDUALLY, EITHER DIRECT OR THROUGH THEIR SCHOOLS, LIST OF RESULTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT CITY DISTRICT OFFICES OR OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICES. HOWEVER, ANY PRIVATE CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT RECEIVE THEIR RESULTS BY AUGUST 14 MAY MAKE ENQUIRIES AT THE EXAMINATIONS DIVISION, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393 CANTON ROAD, 11/FL., KOWLOON, TEL. NO. 3-688708 OR 3-688602.

THIS YEAR, 70,440 CANDIDATES ENTERED FOR THE EXAMINATION. WHEN COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR'S TOTAL OF 63,992, THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 10.08 PER CENT.

ALTOGETHER 30 SUBJECTS WERE EXAMINED. COPIES OF AN ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS IN THE MAJOR SUBJECTS ARE DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY IN THE G.1.S. PRESS BOXES. THE PERCENTAGE OF AWARDS OF GRADE E OR ABOVE FOR THOSE CANDIDATES SITTING THE MAJOR SUBJECTS WAS 61.61 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 61.81 PER CENT IN 1975.

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