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Parents wanting 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, 2008, should submit their applications from tomorrow (September 28).
A spokesman for the Education Bureau said today (September 27) that parents wanting to apply to a particular government or aided primary school at the Discretionary Places Admission Stage should submit the completed application forms with all supporting documents directly to that school during school office hours tomorrow (September 28) or between October 2 and 5.
"At the Discretionary Places Admission Stage parents may apply to a school in or outside the school net in which they reside. However, they are encouraged to select a primary school in the neighbourhood to reduce unnecessary transportation problem," the spokesman said.
The spokesman reminded parents to submit only one application form for each child, otherwise their application would be rendered void.
Parents who opted to apply only for Central Allocation should submit the completed application forms and supporting documents between tomorrow and January 25, 2008, to the Education Bureau's School Places Allocation Section (Primary One Admission) at 2/F, Lui Kee Education Services Centre, 269 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai.
"When completing the POA Application Form, parents should fill in the actual residential address of their child. If a false address is given by parents to secure a P1 place for their child under the POA System, the application will be rendered void and the P1 place allocated will be withdrawn. People are encouraged to report suspected cases of individuals using false address for POA applications to the School Places Allocation Section by calling the hotline at 2832 7700," the spokesman said.
He reminded parents that individual schools would process the applications with sibling(s) studying or parent(s) working in the school first at the Discretionary Places Admission Stage. Applicants of this category should all be admitted by the school. The school would then allocate school places to the remaining applicants according to the Points System. As such, it is not necessary for parents to waste money and time to prepare portfolios on their children for reference by the schools concerned.
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.
Ends/Thursday, September 27, 2007
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