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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1992

"IT IS ENCOURAGING TO NOTE THAT IN A RECENT COURT OF APPEAL CASE, THE COURT STATED THAT IN ORDER ΤΟ PROTECT THE PUBLIC, SUBSTANTIAL PRISON SENTENCES SHOULD BE IMPOSED ON THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE THEFT AND DISPOSAL OF VEHICLES,

HE ADDED.

THE PHENOMENON OF REPEATED OFFENDERS WAS ALSO WORRYING. LAST YEAR, ABOUT 32 PER CENT OF DEFENDANTS CONNECTED WITH MISSING VEHICLES CASES JUMPED BAIL.

THIS YEAR, A NUMBER OF ARRESTED SUSPECTS WHO WERE GRANTED BAIL COMMITTED THE SAME OFFENCE A SECOND TIME DURING THE BAIL PERIOD OR SHORTLY AFTER RELEASE FROM BAIL.

HE ADDED THAT IT WAS AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND OF RISING NUMBER OF MISSING VEHICLES, THE UNSATISFACTORY PROSECUTION RESULTS, THE POLICE OPERATIONAL DIFFICULTIES IN PROSECUTING OFFENDERS, THE AGGRAVATED SITUATION OF REPEATED OFFENDERS AND THE LIMITED SUCCESS IN RECOVERING MISSING VEHICLES, THAT THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSED TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THE OFFENCE OF TOWA IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A GREATER DETERRENT EFFECT.

THE BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 16.

41,000 P1 DISCRETIONARY PLACES TAKEN

RESULTS OF ALLOCATION

PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM

OF DISCRETIONARY PLACES UNDER THE FOR THE 1992 SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE RELEASED ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 4) BY ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID ABOUT 41,000 OF 66,000 APPLICANTS WILL BE OFFERED A DISCRETIONARY PLACE.

OUT

PARENTS ARE ADVISED, WHETHER THEIR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY THE SCHOOL OR NOT, TO GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL WHICH HAVE APPLIED FOR A PRIMARY 1 PLACE ON FRIDAY BETWEEN 9 AM AND 5 PM ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 5) BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON ΤΟ FIND OUT RESULTS OF THEIR APPLICATION.

THEY

OR

THE

APPLICANTS WILL TAKE PLACE ON

REGISTRATION OF SUCCESSFUL DECEMBER 7 AND 8 (MONDAY AND TUESDAY) DURING SCHOOL HOURS.

FOR PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN OFFERED A PRIMARY PLACE, THEY ARE ADVISED TO NOTE CAREFULLY THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, SUCH AS PARENT'S COPY OF THE APPLICATION FORM AND THE NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHS ΤΟ BE

BROUGHT ALONG TO THE SCHOOL FOR REGISTRATION.

/PARENTS WHO