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If permitted, the students are requested to sign an undertaking to guarantee that nothing will be reproduced or released to the public without written permission from the Academy.

22. Media Interviews

22.1 Studentsmustseekpermission fromtheDirectorthroughtheirDeans foranypress,radio,television,orfilminterviewstodowiththeAcademyorworkattheAcademy.

Rules Governing Classes and Academy Performances During Typhoons and RainstormsAll academic staff and students are requested to note the Academy rules that govern the conduct and cancellation of classes and Academy performances during typhoons and rainstorms as presented below. It should also be noted that the announcements of the EducationBureauregarding typhoonsorrainstormsareNOTapplicabletotheAcademyprogrammes.

1. Rules Governing Classes of Programmes

1.1 Forthepurposeoftheserules, thedefinitionof‘classes’referstoallscheduledclasses and rehearsals for Academy performances.

1.2 Typhoon Signal

1.2.1 WhenTyphoonSignalNo.8orabove ishoisted,classeswillbecancelledautomatically. WhenTyphoonSignalNo.8 is lowered,classeswill takeplaceasusualthreehoursaftertheloweringofTyphoonSignalNo.8.

1.3 Black Rainstorm Warning Signal

1.3.1 IftheBlackRainstormWarningsignalisissuedbefore9:00am,classeswillbe cancelled automatically. When the Black Rainstorm Warning signal is withdrawn, classes will take place as usual three hours after the withdrawal of the Warning Signal.

1.3.2 If the Black Rainstorm Warning Signal is issued when classes are being conducted, classes will continue as usual.

1.3.3 IftheBlackRainstormWarningSignalisissuedafter9:00am,studentswhoare at home at the time are not required to return to classes until the WarningSignaliswithdrawn.Thesestudentswillbeexemptedfromclassesuntil three hours after the Black Rainstorm Warning Signal is withdrawn. TheyarerequiredtoreporttheircasetotheirrespectiveSchoolOffice;otherwise they will be considered as absent.

1.4 Red Rainstorm Warning Signal

1.4.1 When the Red Rainstorm Warning Signal is issued, classes will be conducted as usual. Students should return to the Academy for classes

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unlesstheirtrip isdisruptedbytrafficorweatherconditionprevailing inthe areas where they reside. Students who are unable to return to the AcademyduetotheRedRainstormWarningSignalwillbeexemptedfromclasses until three hours after the Warning Signal is withdrawn. They are requiredtoreporttheircasetotheirrespectiveSchoolOffice;otherwisethey will be considered as absent.

2. Rules Governing Academy Performances

2.1 Typhoon

2.1.1 WhenTyphoonSignalNo.8orabove ishoisted,Academyperformancesthat are already in progress will be discontinued at the earliest opportunity.

2.1.2 Academy performances scheduled to start within eight hours after Typhoon SignalNo.8ishoistedwillbecancelledautomatically.

2.1.3 WhenTyphoonSignalNo.8 is lowered, students should return to theAcademy as soon as possible for performances that are scheduled to start four hours or more after the lowering of the Signal unless such performances have already been cancelled under 2.1.2.

2.1.4 Students who are in doubt of performance arrangements during typhoons mayringtheBoxOfficeenquiryline25848514.

2.2 Black Rainstorm Warning Signal

2.2.1 When the Black Rainstorm Warning Signal is in force, Academy performances scheduled to start within three hours will be cancelled automatically.

2.2.2 When the Black Rainstorm Warning Signal is withdrawn, students should return to the Academy as soon as possible for performances that are scheduled to start three hours or more after the withdrawal of the Warning Signal.

2.2.3 If the Black Rainstorm Warning Signal is issued when Academy performances are in progress, the performances will continue as usual.

2.2.4 Students who are in doubt of performance arrangements during rainstorms mayringtheBoxOfficeenquiryline25848514.

Rules on Academy Premises and Opening Hours

1. Student Identity Card

1.1 Students will be supplied with Academy Student Identity Cards. They must carry their cards when they are inside the Academy premises and must be prepared to produce them on request by staff of the Academy. In the event of the card being damaged,stolen,or lost, itshouldbereportedtotheAcademicServicesOfficeimmediately.