XN000022-1978-07-16 — Page 2

SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1978

OVER 103,000 PRIMARY 6 LEAVERS ALLOCATED FORM 1 PLACES

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ALL OF THE 103,122 PRIMARY 6 LEAVERS TAKING PART IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST TIME HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FORM 1/MIDDLE 1 PLACES IN GOVERNMENT, AIDED OR PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID ALL THE SECONDARY PLACES WERE OF THREE YEARS' DURATION FOR WHICH NO TUITION FEES WOULD BE CHARGED.

PUPILS SHOULD CONTACT THEIR INDIVIDUAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS TOMORROW (JULY 17) TO FIND OUT IN WHICH SECONDARY SCHOOL THEY HAD BEEN ALLOCATED A PLACE. THEY SHOULD TAKE WITH THEM THE IR PRIMARY 6 IDENTIFICATION FORMS TO WHICH INDIVIDUAL ALLOCATION SLIPS WILL BE ATTACHED.

ALL PUPILS SHOULD REPORT TO THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED DURING THE FIRST REGISTRATION PERIOD ON THE DATES AND TIMES SPECIFIED FOR INDIVIDUAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN SUPPLIED TO ALL PRIMARY SCHOOLS TAKING PART IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEM.

PUPILS WHO FAIL TO REPORT TO THE IR ALLOCATED SECONDARY SCHOOLS DURING THE FIRST REGISTRATION PERIOD NORMALLY ON JULY 25, 26 OR 27, 1978 WILL BE TAKEN TO HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO TAKE UP THE PLACES ALLOCATED THEM.

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PUPILS OR PARENTS WHO HAVE GENUINE DIFFICULTY REPORTING TO ALLOCATED SECONDARY SCHOOLS DURING THE FIRST REGISTRATION PERIOD ARE THEREFORE URGED TO CONTACT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BEFORE JULY 27 SO THAT SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE FOR THEM.

THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SECTION HAS TWO OFFICES. THEY ARE LOCATED AT ROOM 529, FIFTH FLOOR, LEE GARDENS, HYSAN AVENUE, HONG KONG (TELEPHONE 5-794679, 5-794630, 5-794774 AND 5-794775) AND AT FOURTH FLOOR, CAROLINE HILL MANSION, 8, YUN PING ROAD, HONG KONG (TELEPHONE 5-779106, 5-779107, 5-792993 AND 5-793042).

A SECOND REGISTRATION PERIOD ON AUGUST 4, 5 AND 8 WILL BE HELD MAINLY FOR PUPILS WHO WANT TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER SCHOOL NET OR DISTRICT AS A RESULT OF THEIR MOVING HOUSE RECENTLY. THEY OR THE IR PARENTS SHOULD THEREFORE CONTACT THE DISTRICT COUNCIL SECRETARY OF THE NET TO WHICH THEY HAVE RECENTLY MOVED. GENUINE CASES MAY THEN BE HELPED TO SECURE A PLACE IN THE MET CONCERNED.

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