XN000022-1987-07-21 — Page 5

TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1987

ARRANGEMENTS TO HELP SAPIENTIA COLLEGE STUDENTS

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PARENTS OF THE SAPIENTIA COLLEGE ARE BEING INFORMED OF THE LATEST ARRANGEMENTS THE EDUCATIO" DEPARTMENT HAS MADE TO ASSIST THEIR CHILDREN TO FIND ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL PLACES BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

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THE EMPHASIS IS STILL, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, ON GIVING PARENTS AND STUDENTS A DISCRETION TO SELECT A SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOICE FROM LIST OF SCHOOLS WITH VACANCIES.

THIS WAS DONE THROUGH A LETTER ISSUED YESTERDAY (MONDAY) BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICE TO PARENTS OF ALL THE 680 STUDENTS WHO NEED TO FIND ANOTHER SCHOOL TO CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES,

ATTACHED TO THE LETTER IS A FULL LIST OF SCHOOLS WITH FORM 2-FORM 5 VACANCIES IN TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG, TUEN MUN, YUEN LONG AND KOWLOON. THE LIST INDICATES WHERE ENTRANCE TEST IS NOT REQUIRED. WHERE SUCH A TEST IS REQUIRED, THE DATE IS GIVEN.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) SAID THAT IN ADDITION TO ASSISTANCE GIVEN TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS WHO HAD APPROACHED THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICE OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS, THE LIST GAVE A FULL PICTURE OF THE VACANCIES AVAILABLE TO THE AFFECTED STUDENTS. THE INTENTION WAS STILL AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO HELP STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO SELECT A SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOICE.

HOWEVER, THE LETTER EMPHASISED THAT SHOULD ANY OF THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS FAIL TO FIND A SCHOOL PLACE BY EARLY AUGUST, THEY SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SEEK FURTHER ASSISTANCE FROM THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICE AT KWAI HING GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING, 7/F., то PLACE

166-174 HING FONG ROAD WHICH WOULD THEN TAKE POSITIVE STEPS THE STUDENTS TO A SCHOOL BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1. THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT THERE WERE SUFFICIENT PLACES ΤΟ ACCOMMODATE ALL THE STUDENTS AFFECTED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID SO FAR ABOUT 100 SAPIENTIA COLLEGE STUDENTS HAD TAKEN UP OFFERS IN OTHER SCHOOLS OF THEIR CHOICE, WHILE THE REMAINDERS WERE STILL AWAITING RESULTS OF THE ENTRANCE TESTS WHICH THEY EITHER HAD TAKEN OR WERE ABOUT TO TAKE.

THE SPOKESMAN INDICATED THAT AS A MATTER OF PRACTICE, IT WAS QUITE APPROPRIATE FOR A SCHOOL TO ENROL STUDENTS THROUGH AN ENTRANCE TEST AS DISTINCT FROM THE ENROLMENT THROUGH A CENTRAL ALLOCATION PROCESS.

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT QUITE A NUMBER OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE LIST WERE LOCATED IN TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG. THEIR INCLUSION IN THE LIST WAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE 199 STUDENTS LIVING IN TUEN MUN.

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