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TUESDAY, MARCH 11. 1986

PARENTS WILL ALSO RECEIVE FOR THEIR INFORMATION A LIST OF ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS LOCATED IN THE IR OWN DISTRICT.

COMPLETED FORMS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE SAME CENTRE WITHIN THE SPECIFIED PERIOD, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

PARENTS WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE LETTER BY SUNDAY (MARCH 16) SHOULD CONTACT THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT ON 5-724383 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

DUE TO THE UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC SECTOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PARENTS SHOULD NOTE THAT A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT PLACES HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED PLACES FROM SCHOOLS IN NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS TO MAKE GOOD THE SHORTF ALL.

HOWEVER, THE SPOKESMAN ASSURED THAT WHEREVER POSSIBLE CHILDREN WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO A SCHOOL NEAR THEIR HOME.

THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION IS SOLELY BASED ON PARENTS' CHOICES WITH NO REFERENCE TO THE POINTS SYSTEM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

A RANDOMISATION METHOD WILL BE USED TO ENSURE FAIRNESS TO ALL APPLICANTS WHEN A SCHOOL IS OVERSUBSCRIBED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

PARENTS WHO HAVE RECENTLY MOVED HOUSE OR ARE ABOUT TO MOVE TO ANOTHER DISTRICT ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT INFORMED SO THAT ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE TO ALLOCATE A PLACE TO THE IR CHILDREN IN THE IR NEW HOME DISTRICT.

RESULTS OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PLACES WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN JUNE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

LOOK-AND-LEARN VISIT TO TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AS PART OF THE COMMITTEE'S CONTINUOUS EFFORT TO PROMOTE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

WE ARE

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MR TAI CHIN-WAH SAID, PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESS OF THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AS WE ALSO HAVE AN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN YUEN LONG, OFFERING THE SAME FACILITIES AN SAME INCENTIVES FOR INVESTMENT.

WE ANTICIPATE

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