Pilot run of Electronic Payment in the Academic Secretariat

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Pilot run of Electronic Paymentin the Academic
Secretariat

• Mrs. Lucia Tse
• Academic Secretariat

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I. Pilot Run in the AS

• Payment of Application fee for admission via Web
  starting from March 1999. Applications can be
  completed in one go via web.
• PolyU received around 28,000 direct applications
  to full-time degree, postgraduate and part-time
  (degree sub-degree) programmes annually.
• This is made possible because starting from 1999
  admission exercise application to all full-time
  degree, postgraduate and part-time programmes
  (except those through JUPAS JASPIC) can be
  submitted electronically via PolyUs web site.

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II. Current Procedures for Payment of
Application Fee

• 1. Method
• cash payment at any branch office of Hang Seng
  Bank (using the pay-in slip issued with the
  application form).
• Payment by Phone Service (PPS).
• bank draft or money order if the applicant is
  overseas.
• Personal cheque cash are not accepted

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II. Current Procedures for Payment of
Application Fee

• 2. Attach the application fee receipt to the
  application form and return them (by mail or in
  person) to the Academic Secretariat. Application
  will not be further processed without the
  application fee receipt.
• 3. Even when the application is submitted
  electronically via web, the application fee
  receipt needs to be sent in separately by post
  before the application is complete.

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III. Benefits

• Applicants can complete and submit the
  application for admission with payment of
  application fee in one go at their own computer
  terminal with web connection even after
  non-office hours.
• There is no need for AS to match the application
  form received via Web with the application fee
  receipt which is submitted separately.
• Processing of the application can be done without
  any delay.

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IV. Exploring Other Possible Application
Areas

• Payment for tuition fee/caution money.
• Payment for replacement of student identity card.
• Payment for on-line subject registration
  activities.
• Payment for re-assessment fees.
• Payment for appeal fee.
• Payment for transcript fee.

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