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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1984

APPLICATION FORMS FOR PRIMARY ONE PLACES AVAILABLE

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PARENTS WHO WISH TO APPLY FOR A PRIMARY ONE PLACE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR UNDER THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM CAN OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY) UNTIL OCTOBER 6, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT APPLICATION THIS YEAR FOR ADMISSION TO PRIMARY ONE IS OPEN TO ALL HONG KONG-BELONGING CHILDREN WHO WERE BORN ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1979 AND WHO ARE NOT STUDYING IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL.

HE SAID THAT PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN ARE ATTENDING KINDERGARTENS CAN OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS AND INFORMATION SHEETS FROM THE KINDERGARTENS.

FOR PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN ARE NOT ATTENDING KINDERGARTENS, THE FORMS ARE AVAILABLE IN DISTRICT OFFICES AND OFFICES OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED BETWEEN OCTOBER 8 AND 12 TO ONLY ONE GOVERNMENT OR AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL DIRECT IN WHICH THE PARENTS WISH TO APPLY FOR A DISCRETIONARY PLACE.

THIS SCHOOL MAY EITHER BE WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE FAMILY LIVES.

BUT THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT PARENTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO SELECT A NEIGHBOURHOOD SCHOOL, TO REDUCE TRANSPORT PROBLEMS, AND TO TAKE THE POINTS SYSTEM INTO CONSIDERATION.

GENERALLY, THE POINTS SYSTEMS IS BASED ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE CHILD'S FAMILY AS WELL AS THE CHILD'S AGE.

THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED THAT ONLY ONE APPLICATION FORM CAN BE SUBMITTED IN RESPECT OF ANY ONE CHILD.

+ IF PARENTS ARE FOUND TO HAVE APPLIED TO MORE THAN ONE GOVERNMENT OR AIDED SCHOOL, THE IR CHILD WILL AUTOMATICALLY FORFEIT ELIGIBILITY FOR A DISCRETIONARY PLACE,+ HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REQUESTED PARENTS OF THOSE CHILDREN WHO CANNOT USE CHINESE AS THE LEARNING MEDIUM TO SEEK ADVICE FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT AT 269 QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG, TEL. NO. 5-724383, BEFORE SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION FORM.

/HE SAID