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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1982

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IF A PARENT HAS PREVIOUSLY APPLIED UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR A DISCRETIONARY PLACE AT A SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH HE LIVES, HE IS STILL ELIGIBLE TO INCLUDE THAT SCHOOL IN HIS PREFERENCE LIST.

COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE DISTRIBUTION/ COLLECTION CENTRE WITHIN THE SPECIFIED PERIOD.

THE SPOKESMAN ASSURED THAT ALL CHILDREN WHO HAD JOINED THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM, INCLUDING THOSE LIVING IN THE NEW TOWNS SUCH AS SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN WILL BE GIVEN A SCHOOL PLACE WITHIN THE IR HOME DISTRICT.

A NUMBER OF NEW PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE NEW TOWNS IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR AND ALL THE PRIMARY ONE PLACES IN THESE SCHOOLS WILL BE RESERVED FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION TO CHILDREN IN THE RESPECTIVE NEW TOWNS, HE SAID.

RESULTS OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN JUNE NEXT YEAR. PARENTS WILL BE ASKED TO RETURN TO THEIR DISTRICT

DISTRIBUTION/COLLECTION CENTRE TO COLLECT A SLIP BEFORE GOING TO THE RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS FOR REGISTRATION.

PARENTS WHO HAVE ANY QUERIES ON THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT.

$3.5 BILLION TO BE SPENT ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES

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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL BE SPENDING SOME $3.5 BILLION ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES IN THE COMING YEARS TO DEAL WITH POLLUTION-CAUSING EFFLUENTS, A PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER, MR PAUL HOLMES, TOLD MEMBERS OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON,

MR HOLMES WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE WAYS THE SEA WAS BEING USED TO GET RID OF SEWAGE, AND ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF FLOATING REFUSE, AND ALSO OUTLINING THE GOVERNMENT'S METHODS OF +MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF ENSURING THAT THE WASTE-RECEIVING CAPACITY OF THE SEA IS UTILISED WITH CONSERVATION IN MIND+.

IN HIS TALK ON THE CHALLENGE OF CLEAN SEAS+, HE DESCRIBED THE SEA AS ONE OF HONG KONG'S MOST PRECIOUS ASSETS, AS IT CARRIES AWAY, ULTIMATELY, THE EFFLUENTS PRODUCED BY THE PEOPLE, AND +BY ALL THEIR PIGS, POULTRY AND FACTORIES+.

HONG KONG WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE STRONG TIDAL CURRENTS WHICH DISPERSE ALL THESE EFFLUENTS, HE SAID.

+BUT THE SEA DOES MORE THAN MERELY SWEEP THE WASTE AWAY FROM OUR SHORES. IT RENDERS MOST FORMS OF WASTE QUITE HARMLESS, AND, TREATED WITH RESPECT, CAN ABSORB SEEMINGLY ENORMOUS QUANTITIES OF WASTE WITHOUT CAUŠING ANY PROBLEMS.

SAID.

IT IS THUS A RESOURCE TO BE USED, BUT USED WISELY, HE

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