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MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1993

SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAM RESULTS OUT

THE RESULTS OF THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION THIS YEAR WILL BE ISSUED то SCHOOLS CANDIDATES TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

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EDUCATION PRIVATE

THE RESULTS WILL BE ISSUED IN THE FORM OF INDIVIDUAL NOTICES SHOWING THE GRADES ACHIEVED IN EACH SUBJECT TAKEN. THEY ARE RECORDED IN TERMS OF SIX GRADES (A TO F). EACH GRADE IS SUB-DIVIDED INTO TWO SUB-GRADES.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS NOTICES FOR SCHOOL CANDIDATES ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION BY SCHOOLS AT THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY'S OFFICE AT SOUTHORN CENTRE, WAN CHAT. SCHOOL CANDIDATES SHOULD SEEK INFORMATION FROM THEIR OWN SCHOOLS ABOUT COLLECTION OF THE NOTICES.

RESULTS NOTICES HAVE BEEN POSTED ΤΟ PRIVATE CANDIDATES AND SHOULD REACH THEM TOMORROW. CANDIDATES WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEIR RESULTS NOTICES TOMORROW MAY MAKE ENQUIRIES AT THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY ON 12TH FLOOR, SOUTHORN CENTRE, 130 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG OR TELEPHONE 834 9922.

RESULTS NOTICES FOR CANDIDATES PRESENTED BY WONG SEWAI ENGLISH EVENING COLLEGE HAVE ALSO BEEN POSTED TO THEIR HOME ADDRESS.

A TOTAL OF 118,516 CANDIDATES ENTERED FOR THE EXAMINATION THIS YEAR, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 7.74 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 128,457 LAST YEAR.

ALTOGETHER 41 SUBJECTS WERE EXAMINED. THE PERCENTAGES OF AWARDS OF GRADE E OR ABOVE IN ALL SUBJECTS FOR ALL CANDIDATES AND SCHOOL CANDIDATES ARE 62.94 AND 62.22 RESPECTIVELY. CORRESPONDING PERCENTAGES LAST YEAR WERE 62.98 AND 62.13 RESPECTIVELY.

THIS YEAR THERE

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WERE THREE CASES OF PREMEDITATED CHEATING WHICH LED TO DISQUALIFICATION FROM THE ENTIRE EXAMINATION (FIVE IN 1992). THERE WERE NINE CASES INVOLVING A VARIETY OF SERIOUS BREACHES OF THE EXAMINATION REGULATIONS WHICH LED TO SUBJECT DISQUALIFICATION (13 IN 1992).

THE YEAR 1993 SAW A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN THE NUMBER OF CASES WHERE CANDIDATES RECEIVED MARK PENALTIES FOR LESS SERIOUS BREACHES OF THE REGULATIONS SUCH AS USING UNAPPROVED CALCULATORS (50 PER CENT DROP) AND IMPROPERLY INCLUDING THEIR NAMES IN THEIR ANSWER SCRIPTS (46 PER CENT DROP).

HOWEVER, THE AUTHORITY IS STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE LARGE NUMBER OF PRIVATE CANDIDATES WHO ATTENDED EXAMINATION SESSIONS WITHOUT THEIR IDENTITY CARDS, THEREBY PLACING A QUITE UNNECESSARY STRAIN ON EXAMINATION CENTRE AND STAFF OF THE EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY WHO HAD TO VERIFY THE CANDIDATES' IDENTITY AFTER THE EXAMINATION.

THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR 1994 HAVE BEEN RELAXED. ANY PERSON CAN ENTER FOR THE EXAMINATION AS A PRIVATE CANDIDATE PROVIDED THEY HAVE:

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SAT A PREVIOUS HONG EXAMINATION, OR

KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION

REACHED THE AGE OF 19 BY JANUARY 1, 1994.

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