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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1984

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STUDENTS URGED TO APPLY EARLY

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STUDENTS' APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY TO COLLEGES OF FURTHER EDUCATION AND POLYTECHNICS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM NOVEMBER 1 THIS YEAR, FOR ADMISSION IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER 1985, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

+APPLICATIONS MAY BE MADE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT, AND ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS SHOULD REACH THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS" AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION BEFORE JUNE 28, 1985, + HE SAID.

HOWEVER, SPECIAL ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID TO APPLICATION DEADLINES REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL COURSES IN POLYTECHNICS WHICH COULD BE AS EARLY AS MARCH 1985, HE ADDED.

HE ALSO SAID THAT APPLICANTS FOR +SANDWICH+ COURSES OFFERED BY POLYTECHNICS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE PRACTICAL TRAINING

SANDWICH PART OF THE COURSE ARRANGED BEFORE LEAVING HONG KONG. COURSES REQUIRE ATTENDANCE AT CLASS, AS WELL AS PRACTICAL TRAINING IN FACTORIES.

+STUDENTS SHOULD, "HOWEVER, NOTE THAT INDUSTRIAL SPONSORSHIP IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ARRANGE, AND SHOULD THEREFORE APPLY FOR FULL-TIME COURSES RATHER THAN SANDWICH COURSES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

IN ADDITION, STUDENTS SEEKING ADMISSION TO PUBLIC OR INDEPENDENT (PRIVATE) SCHOOLS FOR THE GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION '0' AND 'A' LEVEL COURSES, SHOULD APPLY EARLY, PREFERABLY ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE.

APPLICATIONS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS SHOULD BE MADE DIRECT TO THE SCHOOLS BY PARENTS OR GUARDIANS. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE STUDENT ADVISER, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON DO NOT UNDERTAKE TO PLACE BOYS AND GIRLS IN THESE SCHOOLS IN BRITAIN, HE SAID.

HOWEVER, INFORMATION AND ADVICE ABOUT THESE SCHOOLS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION.

AS FOR BRITISH UNIVERSITIES, APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE MADE ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE THROUGH THE UNIVERSITIES CENTRAL COUNCIL ON ADMISSIONS (U.C.C.A.) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, HE SAID.

U.C.C.A. FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION FROM MID-AUGUST EACH YEAR, AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED TO U.C.C.A. BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE ON OCTOBER 15 FOR THOSE INCLUDING OXFORD OR CAMBRIDGE, OR DECEMBER 15 FOR OTHERS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT STUDENTS GOING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM TO STUDY SHOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO MEET ALL EXPENSES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED TO WORK THERE.

/THE COST