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On completion of Stage IV of the Secondary Six (S6) Admission Procedure today (August 13), there are 69 subvented S6 places left for central allocation by the Education and Manpower Bureau.

Of them, 16 are of the Arts stream, 7 of the Science stream, 18 of the Commerce stream and 28 of the Engineering stream.

Details of the school places have been uploaded onto the website at http://embs6.hkbn.net.

All current year participants of the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) who have got results satisfying the minimum A-level entry requirements but have not obtained an S6 place can bring along their identification documents together with their HKCEE Results Notices (original) to apply for Central Allocation between 9am and 3.30pm at one of the following Central Allocation Application Centres tomorrow (August 14):

Hong Kong Island

* Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School

5 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai

Kowloon

* Kowloon Technical School

332-334 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Sham Shui Po

New Territories

* Sha Tin Government Secondary School

11-17, Man Lai Road, Shatin

* NTHYK Yuen Long District Secondary School

123 Kau Yuk Road, Yuen Long

* Tsuen Wan Government Secondary School

70 Hoi Pa Street, Tsuen Wan

Application results will be announced on the Bureau's homepage (http://www.emb.gov.hk) after 6 pm on next Wednesday (August 18) and will be posted in all Regional Education Offices at 9 am the following day.

Ends/Friday, August 13, 2004

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