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TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1988

CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES

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RESULTS OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES FOR SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR UNDER THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM WILL BE RELEASED ON SATURDAY, JUNE 4.

A TOTAL OF 22,608 CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO SCHOOLS OF THEIR PARENTS FIRST THREE CHOICES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

THIS REPRESENTS

64.2 PER CENT OUT OF 35,227 CHILDREN TAKING

PART IN THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION, HE SAID.

PARENTS CONCERNED ARE ADVISED TO RETURN TO THEIR OWN DISTRIBUTION/COLLECTION CENTRE ON SATURDAY (JUNE 4) OR SUNDAY (JUNE 5) BETWEEN 9 AM AND 4 PM TO COLLECT AN "ALLOCATION SLIP".

THE "ALLOCATION SLIP" WILL SHOW THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE SCHOOL TO WHICH THEIR CHILD IS ALLOCATED, TOGETHER WITH THE DATES FOR REGISTRATION AND SOME NOTES TO PARENTS.

PARENTS ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE REGISTRATION FORMALITIES ON THE SPECIFIED DATES ON JUNE 8 OR 9.

REGISTRATION HOURS FOR A.M. SCHOOLS ARE BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON; AND FOR P.M. SCHOOLS, BETWEEN 2 PM AND 5 PM. FOR WHOLE-DAY SCHOOLS, THE REGISTRATION HOURS ARE FROM 9 AM TO NOON AND FROM 2 PM TO 4 PM.

IN THE EVENT THE PARENTS WHO FOR SOME PERSONAL REASONS CANNOT REGISTER THEIR CHILD WITH THE SCHOOL TO WHICH THEIR CHILD IS ALLOCATED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THEY MUST CONTACT THE SCHOOL DIRECT OR THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BEFOREHAND FOR ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.

PARENTS WOULD BE DEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN UP THE PLACE ALLOCATED TO THEIR CHILD SHOULD THEY FAIL REGISTER THEIR CHILD WITH THE SCHOOL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

UPON REGISTRATION, THE "ALLOCATION SLIP" SHOULD BE SURRENDERED ΤΟ THE SCHOOL AND PARENTS MUST NOTE THAT ALL PLACES ALLOCATED FINAL AND NO RE-ALLOCATION IS POSSIBLE.

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IN CASE THE PARENTS HAVE SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES SUCH AS HAVING MOVED TO ANOTHER DISTRICT RESULTING IN THE SCHOOL BEING TOO FAR AWAY FROM THEIR NEW HOME, THEY ARE ADVISED TO GO IN PERSON TO THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT AT 269 QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, SECOND FLOOR, WAN CHAI, FOR ASSISTANCE.

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