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SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1981

APPLICATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS

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APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL BE INVITED BETWEEN MARCH 4 AND 18, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.

DURING THIS TWO-WEEK PERIOD, APPLICATION FORMS FOR PRIMARY

1 TO 6 WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS ON THE PRODUCTION OF BIRTH CERTIFICATES OR OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS.

+CHILDREN NEED NOT ACCOMPANY THEIR PARENTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

INTERVIEWS FOR ADMISSION TO PRIMARY 1 WILL TAKE PLACE ON

MARCH 19.

+NO FORMAL TESTS WILL BE HELD, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

SELECTION OF PRIMARY 2 TO 6 APPLICANTS WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 24.

+THE AGE OF ENTRY TO PRIMARY 1 IS SIX ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1981. HOWEVER, ADMISSION WILL BE OPEN TO CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIX AND EIGHT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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HAND BOOK ON GENERALISED SYSTEMS OF PREFERENCES

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TO ASSIST EXPORTERS, THE TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT HAS PUBLISHED A 47-PAGE HANDBOOK ON THE GENERALISED SYSTEMS OF PREFERENCES (GSP).

THE PURPOSE OF THE HAND BOOK IS TO EXPLAIN THE ORIGIN RULES IN THE GSP OF AUSTRIA, CANADA, THE EEC, JAPAN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND AND THE USA.

THESE COUNTRIES, WHICH INCLUDE HONG KONG AS A BENEFICIARY, REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN FORM A TO COVER EXPORTS ELIGIBLE FOR PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT.

THE HAND BOOK CONTAINS SEVEN SECTIONS SETTING OUT IN DETAIL THE ORIGIN RULES THAT EXISTS UNDER THE VARIOUS DONOR COUNTRIES' GSP.

THE RULES ENSURE THAT THE BENEFITS OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT UNDER THE GSP ARE CONFINED TO PRODUCTS GENUINELY ORIGINATING FROM THE BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES.

THE HAND BOOK IS AVAILABLE AT $7.50 A COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING.

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