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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1985

REGISTRATION OF THE CHILD WITH THE SCHOOL WOULD BE REGARDED AS BINDING ON BOTH THE SCHOOL AND THE PARENT,

PARENTS WHO FAIL TO REGISTER THEIR CHILDREN WITH THE SCHOOL WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TWO-DAY PERIOD FOR PERSONAL REASONS SHOULD NOTIFY THE SCHOOL CONCERNED OR THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT ON TELEPHONE 5-724383 TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT FAILING THAT, THEY WOULD BE DEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN UP THE PLACE OFFERED TO THEM.

UNDER THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM, A GOVERNMENT OR AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL COULD ACCEPT CHILDREN TO FILL UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 65 PER CENT OF ITS TOTAL PRIMARY ONE PLACES AS DISCRETIONARY PLACES WHILE THE REMAINING 35 PER CENT WOULD BE RESERVED FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION AT A LATER STAGE.

+AS SOME SCHOOLS ARE OVERSUBSCRIBED FOR THEIR DISCRETIONARY PLACES, A NUMBER OF CHILDREN HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR APPLICATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

PARENTS OF THOSE CHILDREN, HE ADDED, NEED NOT WORRY BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT WOULD INFORM THEM TOGETHER WITH THOSE PARENTS WHO HAD NOT APPLIED FOR A DISCRETIONARY PLACE INDIVIDUALLY BY LETTER SOME TIME NEXT MARCH TO GO TO A DISTRIBUTION OR COLLECTION CENTRE IN THEIR HOME DISTRICT TO OBTAIN A 'CHOICE OF SCHOOLS' FORM AND A LIST OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.

THE DEPARTMENT WILL THEN ALLOCATE A PRIMARY ONE PLACE TO CHILDREN WITHIN THEIR HOME DISTRICT ACCORDING TO THE PARENTS' CHOICES AND DETAILED PROCEDURE OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION WOULD BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

AUCTION OF SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD ANOTHER AUCTION OF SPECIAL CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 14) AT 10 AM IN THE CITY HALL RECITAL HALL.

THIRTY-FIVE SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS WILL BE OFFERED FOR BIDDING. THEY ARE:

AL1623

BK2

DE 6789

DG1689

DH3345

DD79

BG120

7788

DH 180

DG9008

DG120

DG229

DG288

DF 888

BB7960

/DF9333

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