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SUNDAY, JULY 14, 1991

84,251 PRIMARY 6 FUPILS ALLOCATED FREE SECONDARY 1 SCHOOL PLACES

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ALL 84,251 PUPILS PARTICIPATING IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEM HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED SECONDARY 1 PLACES IN GOVERNMENT, AIDED OR PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

THE NUMBER INCLUDES 3,056 PUPILS (3.63 PER CENT) WHO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING DISCRETIONARY PLACES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT 38,871 (46.14 PER CENT) WERE ALLOCATED ACCORDING TO THEIR FIRST CHOICE.

"THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO WERE ALLOCATED THEIR FIRST THREE CHOICES IS 68.41 PER CENT, OR 57,638 SPOKESMAN SAID.

ACCORDING TO PUPILS, THE

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"ALL PLACES ALLOCATED ARE FOR THREE YEARS DURING WHICH NO TUITION FEES WILL BE CHARGED.

"IN ADDITION ΤΟ 84,251 PUPILS, A TOTAL OF 22 PUPILS PARTICIPATING IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEM HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS JOINING THE DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME IN SEPTEMBER 1991," HE SAID.

ALLOCATION RESULTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE PUPILS' PRIMARY SCHOOLS ON TUESDAY (JULY 16).

PUPILS SHOULD FOLLOW THE ARRANGEMENTS SET DOWN BY THEIR SCHOOLS AND COLLECT THE ADMISSION SLIP AND ALLOCATION SLIP CONTAINED IN THEIR PRIMARY 6 IDENTIFICATION FORM FROM THEIR SCHOOLS.

THERE IS ONLY ONE REGISTRATION PERIOD

TUESDAY).

JULY 22-23 (MONDAY AND

ALL PUPILS MUST REPORT DURING THE REGISTRATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED.

PERIOD TO THE

"FAILING TO DO SO MAY MEAN THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO TAKE

UP THE PLACES ALLOCATED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ARE AWAY FROM

IN CASE BOTH THE PUPIL AND THE PARENT/GUARDIAN HONG KONG DURING THE REGISTRATION PERIOD, THEY SHOULD AUTHORISE IN WRITING REPRESENTATIVES TO COMPLY WITH THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURES ON THEIR BEHALF.

COPIES OF LETTERS OF AUTHORISATION ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THEIR SCHOOLS, HE SAID.

IN CASE OF GENUINE DIFFICULTIES, THE PARENTS OR PUPILS SHOULD INFORM THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SECTION BEFORE THE END OF THE REGISTRATION PERIOD SO THAT ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS MAY BE MADE.

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