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Parents who wish to apply under the Primary One Admission (POA) System for a Primary One (P1) place for their child in any government or aided school in September 2006, are reminded to submit their applications from tomorrow (September 26).
A spokesman for the Education and Manpower Bureau said today (September 25), "Parents who wish to apply for a particular government or aided primary school in the Discretionary Places Admission Stage should submit the completed application form with all supporting documents directly to that school during school office hours between tomorrow and Friday (September 30).
"Parents may apply to a school in or outside the school net in which they reside. However, they are advised to take into account possible transport problems when selecting a school not in their neighbourhood."
He stressed that parents should submit only one application form for each child, otherwise their application would be rendered void.
"In addition, children who have accepted the offer of P1 places in Direct Subsidy Scheme primary schools will not be allocated P1 places in government or aided primary schools through the POA System," he added.
Parents who opt to apply only for Central Allocation should submit the completed application forms and supporting documents by January 20, 2006, to EMB's School Places Allocation Section (POA), 2/F, Lui Kee Education Services Centre, 269 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai.
Ends/Sunday, September 25, 2005
Issued at HKT 11:01
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