[Archive] Fourth School Allocation Exercise 2014

Introduction

The Fourth School Allocation Exercise 2014 has started. One new 30-classroom secondary school premises and two new 30-classroom primary school premises under planning are open to applications by eligible school sponsoring bodies (SSBs) for reprovisioning existing secondary and primary schools which are in need of infrastructure upgrade.

For press release of the Exercise, please click here.

Premises Available for Allocation

For detailed information of the school premises available for allocation, please click here.

Submission of Application

Applicants who are interested in applying for the school premises should follow the procedures below:

(1)

The applicants should submit a proposed school plan [NOT MORE THAN 10 PAGES including all annexes] plus a 2-page executive summary. SSBs may also provide information on the school(s) that they are operating and their respective performance to support their application. They should also include information as regards the views from parents and teachers about the reprovisioning plan.

(2)

For the proposed school plan, contents in pages exceeding the page limits (as mentioned in (1) above) would not be considered.

(3)

For each complete application, applicant bodies are required to submit the following documents -

(i) one original copy of the duly completed application form;

(ii) one copy of detailed information on thier eligibility [i.e. incorporation document and certificate of exemption from tax];

(iii) 19 copies each of the proposed school plan, executieve summary and list of operating schools run by the applicant body with addresses and types, together with 2 CD-ROMs containing such information; and

(iv) one copy each of other supporting documents as listed in the Application Form.

The above documents should reach the following address below no later than 5:00 p.m. 24 November 2014 :

          Infrastructure and Research Support Division
          Education Bureau
          6th Floor, East Wing, Central Government Offices
          2 Tim Mai Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong

(4)

Late submission or incomplete applications, as well as application via email, will not be accepted.

Time Schedule

24 November 2014

Deadline for submission of applications

March 2015 (Tentative)

Meeting(s) of the School Allocation Committee (and interviews with applicant bodies if required)

May 2015 (Tentative)

Announcement of results

Application Form and Guidance Notes for Application

To download the application form and the guidance notes, please click here.

The invitation for application and submission of detailed school proposal is non-binding in nature. It does not constitute any kind of offer or the basis of any kind of offer to any party for school allocation, nor does it create any legal obligations on the Government. It does not prejudice any future scrutiny by the School Allocation Committee/ Government, nor commit them to any course of action including whether or not to approve any allocation at all, irrespective of the number of applications received. Nothing in this invitation shall oblige the Government to allocate the premises to any party at any time.