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The Education Department had received four complaints today about schools not following the admission procedure.
Meanwhile, the department's central hotline, 2782 7037-9 and 2782 7340 and the 19 district education offices had handled about 206 and 469 enquiries respectively on the admission procedure today.
The hotline will continue to operate from 9 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm on weekdays and 9 am to 1 pm on Saturdays.
The department's Careers Education Centre had received 402 visitors and handled 245 telephone enquiries on matters relating to the release of HKCEE results up to 5.30 pm today.
The centre at Room 206 of the Mongkok Government Offices at 30 Luen Wan Street, Mong Kok, provides students with materials on opportunities for further studies and training and information on various professions.
It will resume normal office hours tomorrow from 8.45 am to 12.45 pm and 2.15 pm to 4.45 pm on weekdays and 9.15 am to 11.45 am on Saturdays.
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221 VMs depart on orderly repatriation flights
Two groups of Vietnamese migrants (VMs), totalling 221, returned by air to Hanoi, Vietnam, today (Monday) on the 49th and 50th flights under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).
All of the returnees, comprising 105 men, 50 women, 40 boys and 26 girls, are from North Vietnam.
The majority of them arrived in Hong Kong in 1988, with the remaining in 1989 and 1995.
The two groups brought the total number repatriated on ORP flights to 4,590 since November 1991.
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