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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1994

TRADE ACADEMY FOR PERFORMANCE,

MUSIC AND

IN THE EVENING ON AUGUST 26, THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND OFFICE WILL HOST A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY THE HONG KONG PERFORMING ARTS AT

THE RICHMOND. GATEWAY THEATRE IN ENTITLED IMAGES OF MIDDLE KINGDOM", WILL FEATURE CHINESE DANCE.

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AN

PICTURES FEATURING MORE THAN 100 EXHIBITION LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG AND LIFESTYLE OF HONG WILL BE HELD.

SHOWING THE KONG PEOPLE

INCLUDING

THE EVENT WILL BE ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 500 GUESTS, SECRETARY OF STATE (ASIA AND PACIFIC) MR RAYMOND CHAN AND ACTING MAYOR KIICHI KUMAGAI OF RICHMOND.

1,948 APPLY FOR SECONDARY 6 CENTRAL ALLOCATION

A TOTAL OF 1,948 STUDENTS HAVE APPLIED FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF THE REMAINING 255 SECONDARY 6 PLACES WHEN THE SECONDARY 6 ADMISSION PROCEDURE CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS AT 3.30 PM TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

TO

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REMINDED APPLICANTS TO RETURN NEXT TUESDAY (AUGUST 23)

THE SAME CENTRE WHERE THEY APPLIED FOR CENTAL ALLOCATION TO SEE IF THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED A PLACE.

WITH

ALLOCATION

SLIPS

THEIR SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES SHOULD TAKE THEIR CHOSEN SCHOOLS FOR REGISTRATION BEFORE 3.30 PM ON AUGUST 23.

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RESULTS

HE REITERATED THAT A PLACE WAS ALLOCATED ON THE BASIS OF THE APPLICANT'S HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION UNDER CENTRAL ALLOCATION IN STAGE V.

SECURE A

THE SPOKESMAN SAID IF STUDENTS WERE STILL UNABLE TO

TO GET A PLACE AFTER THE COMPLETION OF STAGE V, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE PLACE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE SOME SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS MAY DECIDE NOT TO TAKE UP THEIR PLACES BY THAT TIME.

A LIST OF SCHOOLS WITH SECONDARY 6 VACANCIES WILL BE DISPLAYED AND UPDATED WEEKLY AT ALL DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICES THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER.

STUDENTS SHOULD APPLY TO THESE SCHOOLS DIRECT BUT ADMISSION WILL BE AT THE SCHOOLS' DISCRETION.

THE DEPARTMENT HAS SO FAR RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 10 SUBSTANTIATED COMPLAINTS ABOUT SCHOOLS NOT FOLLOWING THE ADMISSION PROCEDURE.

ALL THE CASES HAVE BEEN SETTLED AFTER INVESTIGATIONS OFFICERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

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7624,

UP TO 5 PM TODAY THE DEPARTMENT'S CENTRAL HOTLINE (782 782 7625, 782 7626 AND 782 7621) AND THE 19 DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICES HANDLED 80 AND 228 ENQUIRIES RESPECTIVELY ON THE ADMISSION PROCEDURE.

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