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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1994

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STAGE III OF S6 ADMISSION PROCEDURE BEGINS TOMORROW

STAGE II OF THE SECONDARY 6 ADMISSION PROCEDURE ENDED AT 3.30 PM TODAY (THURSDAY) AND STAGE III WILL BEGIN TOMORROW.

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID A TOTAL OF SECONDARY 5 SCHOOL LEAVERS SCORING 14 POINTS OR MORE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN ACQUIRING MOST OF 10,581 S6 PLACES LEFT OVER FROM THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 23,480 PLACES AVAILABLE.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WERE STILL 6,095 SECONDARY 6 PLACES

AVAILABLE.

DAY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH RESULTS SATISFYING THE MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS MAY APPLY TO THEIR OWN OR LINKED SCHOOL IF IT STILL HAS VACANCIES BEFORE 3.30 PM TOMORROW. APPLICATION RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE SAME DAY.

PRIVATE CANDIDATES AND EVENING SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH RESULTS WHICH SATISFY THE MINIMUM A-LEVEL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS MAY APPLY TO PLK VICWOOD KT CHONG SIXTH FORM COLLEGE IF IT STILL HAS VACANCIES.

PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENTS AND PAST STUDENTS, HOWEVER,

SHOULD NOT APPLY AT THIS STAGE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

WHEN DAY 5 OF STAGE IV OF THE ADMISSION PROCEDURE BEGINS NEXT MONDAY (AUGUST 15), A LIST OF SCHOOLS WITH VACANCIES WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICES FROM 9 AM.

STUDENTS MEETING THE MINIMUM A-LEVEL REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING THOSE FROM PREVOCATIONAL DAY SCHOOL, EVENING SCHOOL AND PRIVATE CANDIDATES, MAY APPLY TO ONE OR MORE OF THESE SCHOOLS BEFORE 3.30

PM

ON MONDAY.

ON THE FOLLOWING DAY

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RESULTS

APPLICATION DAY 6 (AUGUST 16) OF DAY 5 WILL BE DISPLAYED AT SCHOOLS AND SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES SHOULD REGISTER WITH THE SCHOOLS THEY HAVE APPLIED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID DAY 7 OF STAGE V WOULD BEGIN NEXT WEDNESDAY { AUGUST 17) WHEN THE CURRENT YEAR HKCEE PARTICIPANTS SATISFYING MINIMUM A LEVEL-ENTRY REQUIREMENTS COULD APPLY FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION.

MEANWHILE, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CENTRAL HOTLINE (TELEPHONE NUMBERS 782 7624, 782 7625, 782 7626 AND 782 7621) AND THE 19 DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICES HANDLED 300 AND 697 ENQUIRIES RESPECTIVELY ON THE ADMISSION PROCEDURE UP TO 5 PM TODAY.

THE CENTRAL HOTLINE IS SET UP TO ANSWER ENQUIRIES ON THE PROCEDURE FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM AND 2 PM TO 5 PM FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY AND 9 AM TO NOON ON SATURDAY UNTIL AUGUST 23.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE CAREERS EDUCATION CENTRE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT RECEIVED 445 VISITORS AND 269 TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES ON FURTHER STUDIES, LOCALLY OR OVERSEAS, AND CAREERS BY THE TIME IT CLOSED AT 5.30 PM TODAY, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

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