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TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1993

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PRIMARY ONE CENTRAL ALLOCATION RESULTS OUT ON SATURDAY

RESULTS OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES WILL

BE RELEASED ON SATURDAY (JUNE 5).

ANNOUNCING THIS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID 17,752 OUT OF A TOTAL OF 26,940 CHILDREN REGISTERED FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION WOULD BE ALLOCATED PLACES IN SCHOOLS OF THEIR PARENTS' FIRST THREE CHOICES.

HE

SAID

PARENTS

SHOULD

RETURN

то

THEIR OWN DISTRIBUTION-COLLECTION CENTRE ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY (JUNE 6) 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 9 OR 10.

REGISTRATION HOURS FOR AM SCHOOLS ARE FROM 9 AM TO NOON AND FOR PM SCHOOLS FROM 2 PM го 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 SOME 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 WITHOUT MAKING PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE DEEMED ΤΟ THE ALLOCATION, HE SAID.

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

SPECIFIED DATES HAVE GIVEN UP

BE SURRENDERED

ALLOCATED ARE

TO

PARENTS WHO HAVE SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES, SUCH AS HAVING MOVED ANOTHER DISTRICT RESULTING IN THEIR SCHOOL BEING TOO FAR FROM THEIR NEW HOME, ARE ADVISED TO PERSONALLY 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 RECRIPTS, RATES DRMAND NOTES, WATER AND ELECTRICITY BILLS BEARING THE NAME OF THE PARENT OR THE GUARDIAN OF THE CHILD.

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

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"SHOULD PARENTS FIND IT NECESSARY TO CHANGE SCHOOL REGISTRATION, THEY ARE ADVISED TO OBTAIN ASSURANCE OF ACCEPTANCE ANOTHER SCHOOL BEFORE RETRIEVING THE ALLOCATION SLIP FROM ORIGINAL SCHOOL TO CANCEL THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION."

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