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A total of 2,808 Secondary Six (S6) places in public sector schools are still available for Secondary Five (S5) graduates to apply in Stage IV of the S6 Admission Procedure tomorrow (August 11).
On completion of Stage III today, 22,629 students had been successful in acquiring S6 places.
Students with Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination results satisfying the minimum A-Level entry requirements can apply to other schools in Stage IV to be held from 9am and 4.30pm tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the Joint Admission Centre for schools in the Islands district will operate in Stage IV. The centre is situated at PLK Mrs Ma Kam Ming-Cheung Fook Sien College, Fu Tung Estate, Tung Chung, Lantau Island.
To help students to apply to other schools, the Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB) has been releasing S6 vacancy information on the Internet at http://emb.gov.hk/s6ap and by the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) telephone hotline system at 3560 6888. The school codes can be obtained from the EMB website (http://www.emb.gov.hk) or "The Careers Guidance Handbook for Secondary 5 Graduates".
Students can use of the computers for public use at public libraries, District Offices, community centres and community halls to access vacancy information on the Internet.
For enquiries about the Secondary Six Admission Procedures, students can call the EMB's central hotline (Tel: 2116 5737).
From the 2005/06 to 2007/08 school years, the EMB has arranged an approved course operator to run evening senior secondary courses on designated Government school premises. Students meeting relevant requirements will be eligible for a reimbursement of 30% or 100% of the course fee where applicable. For application details, please call the Hong Kong College of Technology at 2192 8118.
To help students to join Project Yi Jin, the Federation for Continuing Education in Tertiary Institutions (FCE) will hold an Exhibition/Joint Registration session for full-time programmes at the Hong Kong International Trade and Exhibition Centre at Kowloon Bay on August 12 and 13 (from 10am to 6pm) and handle applications.
Students who have successfully completed the programmes will be awarded a full certificate. Holders of the full certificate can further their studies, such as taking courses run by the FCE's member institutions, or seek employment, including applying for more than 30 civil service posts.
Ends/Thursday, August 10, 2006
Issued at HKT 18:40
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