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Gary Cheung

The Examinations Authority is to start selling past exam papers on the Internet to bring in more money.

An authority spokeswoman said more than 1,000 titles of its publications, including past papers, examiners' reports and sampler CD-Roms would be available for online sale from July 29.

The material is now sold only in bookshops.

Candidates and the public can visit http://www.hkea.edu.hk and http://bookstore.esdlife.com to buy publications related to the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE), A-level exams, Putonghua proficiency tests and overseas and other professional exams.

The authority spokeswoman said the online sales would hopefully 'generate extra income for the Examinations Authority, which has been under tight budgetary constraints'.

The authority earned $13.9 million from sales of publications in 2000/2001, compared with $14.6 million in 1999/2000.

The authority had an accumulated surplus of $64.3 million last year but that is expected to fall this financial year.

The authority, which has frozen fees for HKCEE and A-level exams since 1999, plans to raise public exam fees in 2004.

The spokeswoman said the online sales would be particularly useful for private candidates not studying full-time at schools.

Of the 36,213 students who sat this year's A-level examinations, 8,853 were private candidates. A total of 127,616 students sat the HKCEE and 37,319 of them were private candidates. Schools generally provide students with ready access to past exams.



Exam body to sell old papers on Internet