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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1993

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BECAUSE OF OVERSUBSCRIPTION, SOME CHILDREN MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SECURE A PRIMARY 1 PLACE AT THIS STAGE.

PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN, TOGETHER WITH THOSE KHO ONLY INTENDED TO TAKE PART IN THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION, WILL BE INFORMED) BY LETTER SOME TIME IN LATE FEBRUARY/EARLY MARCH NEXT YEAR TO GO DISTRIBUTION/COLLECTION CENTRE IN THEIR HOME DISTRICT FOR CHOICE OF

SCHOOLS.

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL THEN ALLOCATE A PRIMARY 1 PLACE THEIR CHILDREN WITHIN THEIR HOME DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARENTAL CHOICES AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.

LATER.

DETAILED PROCEDURE OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION WILL BE ANNOUNCED

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AIDS COUNCIL HELPS MARK WORLD AIDS DAY

THE COUNCIL FOR THE AIDS TRUST FUND IS MARKING WORLD AIDS DAY BY PROVIDING FUNDS FOR EVENTS TAKING PLACE AROUND HONG KONG THIS WEEK.

"WORLD AIDS DAY GIVES US IN HONG KONG AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OUR COMMITMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL FIGHT AGAINST AIDS," SAID COUNCI CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR DAVID TODD.

THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED FUNDING FOR SIX PROJECTS. THESE ARE:

$84,000 JOINTLY TO THE HONG KONG AIDS FOUNDATION, AIDS CONCERN AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN FOR WORLD AIDS WEEK;

$90,000 ΤΟ AIDS CONCERN TO FUND "THE FLAME OF AWARENESS RAISING PROGRAMME;

LIFE", AN

$37,000 TO AIDS CONCERN TO FUND THE DISTRIBUTION OF SAFFR SEX KITS;

$109,400 TO AIDS CONCERN TOWARDS AIDS ON SCREEN '93;

$10,500 TO AIDS CONCERN FOR STAGING THE POSTERS ON AIDS EXHIBITION"; AND

"INTERNATIONAL

• $31,500 TO THE MONG LOK DISTRICT WORKING GROUP ON AIDS FOR A

POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION.

"WE HOPE THAT THESE EVENTS WILL HELP RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND FOSTER A SYMPATHETIC AND CARING ATTITUDE TO THOSE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS," PROFESSOR TODD SAID.

"THE COUNCIL 1S DELIGHTED то LEND IT'S SUPPORT ΤΟ SUCH

INITIATIVES," HE ADDED.

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THE COUNCIL FOR THE AIDS TRUST FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF FUNDS ON APRIL 16 YEAR.

/THE COUNCIL