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Hong Kong education authorities apologize for early school allocation message glitch

Hong Kong's Education Bureau has apologized for an early system glitch that sent primary school allocation messages to parents a day before the official announcement. The erroneous SMS notifications contained correct school choices but incorrect calendar years, causing confusion. The bureau has rectified the system and urged parents to disregard the premature messages, emphasizing that the official results on June 3 will be final. AI

RANK_REASON This is a minor operational error by an education authority, not a significant industry event.

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Hong Kong education authorities apologize for early school allocation message glitch

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Edith Lin,William Yiu ·

    Education authorities say sorry after parents get school allocation messages early

    Hong Kong education authorities have apologised after parents received SMS notifications of their children’s primary school allocations a day ahead of the official announcement, stressing that the results to be released on Wednesday should be treated as final. Some parents were l…