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TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1977

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THE REGULATIONS PROVIDE FOR BETTER SAFEGUARD OF SERVICES FOR PLB PASSENGERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE CARRIED TO THE INDICATED DESTINATION AND ARE NOT CHARGED A HIGHER FARE THAN THEY EXPECTED TO PAY WHEN BOARDING THE VEHICLE.

PLB OPERATORS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM CHANGING A DESTINATION INDICATOR DURING A JOURNEY WITH INTENT TO INDUCE ANY PASSENGER TO GET OFF FROM THE VEHICLE BEFORE REACHING THE DESTINATION INDICATED AT THE TIME THE PASSENGER BOARDED THE VEHICLE, OR TO PAY A FARE ADDITIONAL TO THE FARE INDICATED AT THE TIME THE PASSENGER BOARDED THE VEHICLE.

IN ADDITION, PLB OPERATORS SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO REQUIRE ANY PASSENGER, WITHOUT REASONABLE EXCUSE, TO GET OFF BEFORE REACHING THE DESTINATION INDICATED AT THE TIME HE BOARDED THE VEHICLE.

TO PROTECT PLB OPERATORS, THE REGULATIONS MAKE IT AN OFFENCE FOR A PERSON TO BOARD A PLB KNOWING HE CANNOT PAY THE FARE OR WITH INTENT TO AVOID PAYING IT.

SSEE RESULTS AVAILABLE ON JULY 15

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THE RESULTS OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION ARE EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN AT THE IR PRIMARY SCHOOLS FROM FRIDAY (JULY 15), MR. HERBERT WOO, THE SECRETARY OF THE EXAMINATION, ANNOUNCED TODAY.

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 BEING DONE 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, + THE SECRETARY SAID.

THIS YEAR, CANDIDATES ELIGIBLE FOR FIVE-YEAR PLACES ARE GROUPED INTO FIVE BLOCKS, CALLED X1, X2, X3, X4 AND X5, EACH HAVING ABOUT 5.000 PUPILS CANDIDATES ELIGIBLE FOR THREE-YEAR PLACES FORM TWO BLOCKS, Y1 AND Y2, EACH HAVING ABOUT 23,000 PUPILS, AND THE REMAINDER WILL BE IN FIVE BLOCKS, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 AND Z5, EACH HAVINE ABOUT 5,000 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.