The 2008 secondary six admission procedure will begin on August 4 after the certificate of education examination results are released. This year, more than 25,000 S6 places are available in government, aided and caput schools.

A central hotline - 3115 2112 - will handle queries about the admission procedure from July 31 and August 11.

For details of the five-stage admission procedure, click here. Students can also read the Careers Guidance Handbook for Secondary Five Graduates online for more information.

To help students to apply to other schools at Stages II and IV, the Education & Manpower Bureau will release S6 vacancy information on the internet and through the Interactive Voice Response telephone hotline, 3499 1111 (Cantonese), 3499 1112 (Putonghua), and 3499 1113 (English).

Eight joint admissions centres will be set up for schools in Tai Po, North, Sai Kung, Sha Tin, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing and Islands Districts. Click here for details.

This year, 145 schools have opted to count points awarded on merit of a pass in applied learning courses for students' applications for admission to S6. This school list is available on the bureau's webpage.