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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1994

3.30

13

3,748 S6 PLACES AVAILABLE AFTER STAGE III

PLACES LEFT

PROCEDURE OVER FOR

MONDAY

ENDED AT STUDENTS ( AUGUST

STAGE III OF THE SECONDARY 6 ADMISSION PM TODAY (FRIDAY) WITH 3,748 MEETING THE MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY NEXT 15), THE FIRST DAY OF STAGE IV.

OF

END A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID AT THE

HAVE BEEN FILLED, INCLUDING STAGE III A TOTAL OF 19,732 S6 PLACES

MINIMUM A-LEVEL 2,347 PLACES FILLED TODAY BY STUDENTS SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENTS IN THEIR OWN OR LINKED SCHOOL WITH VACANCIES.

A TOTAL OF 23,480 S6 PLACES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE 1994/95 SCHOOL YEAR FOR STUDENTS TO APPLY.

PLACE VACANCIES AM ON

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED STUDENTS WISHING TO SECURE AN S6 IN THE FORTHCOMING SCHOOL YEAR THAT A LIST OF SCHOOL WITH WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE 19 DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICES FROM 9 MONDAY WHEN STAGE IV BEGINS.

THOSE

SCHOOLS,

STUDENTS SATISFYING THE MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS, EVENING SCHOOLS AND FROM PREVOCATIONAL CANDIDATES, MAY APPLY TO ONE OR MORE OF THESE SCHOOLS BEFORE ON MONDAY.

INCLUDING

PRIVATE

3.30

PM

TUESDAY

APPLICATION RESULTS WILL BE DISPLAYED AT SCHOOLS NEXT (AUGUST 16) AND SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES SHOULD REGISTER WITH THE SCHOOLS THEY HAVE APPLIED.

HAS RECEIVED TWO

36 ADMISSION

THE SPOKESMAN SAID SO FAR, THE DEPARTMENT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT SCHOOLS NOT FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES.

HE SAID BOTH CASES HAVE BEEN SETTLED AFTER THE DEPARTMENT.

INVESTIGATIONS BY

THE FIRST CASE WAS ABOUT A SCHOOL IN YUEN LONG IN WHICH STUDENT SCORING 11 POINTS CLAIMED HER ADMISSION SLIP WAS COLLECTED THE SCHOOL YESTERDAY (THURSDAY).

A

BY

RETURNED

THE SLIP FROM THE YUEN

TO THE

AFTER LONG DISTRICT EDUCATION

STUDENT

SCHOOL THE

LATER INVESTIGATIONS BY OFFICERS

OFFICE.

YESTERDAY

THE OF

THE SECOND CASE WAS REPORTED TO THE CENTRAL HOTLINE IN WHICH A SCHOOL IN TAI PO AGREED TO ACCEPT AND COLLECTED ADMISSION SLIP FROM ITS STUDENT SCORING 10 POINTS ON THE FIRST DAY

CONDUCTED IN THIS SHOULD ONLY BE STAGE II (WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10). STAGE III.

FOLLOWING

INVESTIGATIONS,

THE

ADMITTED SCHOOL

IT

WAS AT

INAPPROPRIATE AND SAID IT WOULD CONSIDER THE STUDENT'S APPLICATION STAGE III.

THE MEANWHILE,

EDUCATION

HOTLINE

DEPARTMENT'S CENTRAL (TELEPHONE NUMBERS 782 7624, 782 7625, 782 7627 AND 782 7621) AND

OFFICES HANDLED 203 AND 554 ENQUIRIES 19 DISTRICT EDUCATION RESPECTIVELY ON THE ADMISSION PROCEDURE UP TO 5 PM TODAY.

/AT THE