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    A total of 465 students today (August 13) applied for the remaining 23 subvented Secondary Six (S6) places through Central Allocation in Stage V of the S6 Admission Procedure.

    The school places will be allocated on the basis of the applicants' Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) results, the choices that they have made and the subject requirements of the schools chosen.

    Results of Central Allocation will be uploaded on the Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB) Homepage (website: http://www.emb.gov.hk) at 6 pm next Wednesday (August 17) and will also be posted at all Regional Education Offices (REO) from 9 am the following day.

    Successful applicants should go in person to the school allocated for registration before 3:30 pm next Thursday (August 18), bringing along the original and copies of their Hong Kong Identity Card and their current year HKCEE Results Notice.

    Those students who are still unable to secure an S6 place after the completion of Stage V may be able to get a place at the beginning of the new school year because some successful students may decide not to take up their places. Vacancy information will be available on the EMB Homepage and at all REO throughout September. Applications should be made to these schools direct.

    Students can also choose from a wide range of further studies opportunities, including Project Yi Jin, post-secondary programmes run by various institutions, the Youth Pre-employment Training Programme, the Youth Work Experience and Training Scheme, the Youth Self-employment Support Scheme and training places provided by the Vocational Training Council.

Ends/Saturday, August 13, 2005

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