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TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1992

P1 CENTRAL ALLOCATION RESULTS OUT ON SATURDAY

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RESULTS OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES WILL BE RELEASED ON SATURDAY (JUNE 6).

ANNOUNCING THE DETAILS TODAY (TUESDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID 17,088 CHILDREN OUT OF A TOTAL OF 24,308 REGISTERED FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION WOULD BE ALLOCATED PLACES IN SCHOOLS OF THEIR PARENTS' FIRST THREE CHOICES.

HE

SAID

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PARENTS SHOULD RETURN

THEIR OWN DISTRIBUTION-COLLECTION CENTRE ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY (JUNE 7) FROM 9.30 AM TO 12.30 PM AND 1.30 PM TO 4.30 PM TO COLLECT AN ALLOCATION SLIP SHOWING THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE SCHOOL TO WHICH THEIR CHILD HAS BEEN ALLOCATED, TOGETHER WITH THE DATES FOR REGISTRATION AND GUIDANCE NOTES.

THEY SHOULD COMPLETE REGISTRATION FORMALITIES ON JUNE 10 OR 11.

REGISTRATION HOURS FOR AM SCHOOLS ARE FROM 9 AM ΤΟ NOON AND FOR PM SCHOOLS FROM 2 PM TO 5 PM. FOR WHOLE-DAY SCHOOLS, THE REGISTRATION HOURS ARE FROM 9 AM TO NOON AND FROM 2 PM TO 4 PM.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID PARENTS WHO FOR PERSONAL REASONS COULD NOT REGISTER THEIR CHILD MUST CONTACT THE SCHOOL DIRECT OR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT BEFOREHAND FOR ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.

"PARENTS FAILING TO REGISTER THEIR CHILD ON THE DATES WITHOUT MAKING PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE DEEMED TO UP THE ALLOCATION, HE SAID.

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SPECIFIED

HAVE GIVEN

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

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PARENTS WHO HAVE SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES, SUCH AS HAVING MOVED то ANOTHER DISTRICT RESULTING IN THEIR SCHOOL BEING TOO FAR FROM THEIR NEW HOME, ARE ADVISED TO CALL AT THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT AT 269 QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, WAN CHAI, TO SEEK HELP.

THEY SHOULD BRING ALONG THE ORIGINAL AND COPIES OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTARY PROOF SUCH AS RENTAL RECEIPTS, RATES DEMAND NOTES, WATER AND ELECTRICITY BILLS BEARING THE NAME OF THE PARENT OR THE GUARDIAN OF THE CHILD.

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"IF THEIR REQUEST IS JUSTIFIED, THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION WILL TRY TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE FOR THEIR CHILD AT A SCHOOL NEARER TO THEIR NEW HOME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"SHOULD PARENTS