The Handbook contains examination regulations and information which candidates will need to pay attention to during the examination. The main purpose for the issue of the Handbook is to help candidates familiarize themselves with the examination arrangements and avoid breaching the regulations which may lead to mark penalties or even disqualification from the examination.

The 2012 Handbook for Candidates will be distributed in mid-December 2011.

• Full Document (Annex 1 - 11)
• Annex 1: List of Permitted Calculators
• Annex 2: Instructions on affixing barcode labels and marking of question numbers in answer scripts
• Annex 3: Applications for Rechecking and Remarking
• Annex 4: How Candidates' Complaints are Handled
• Annex 5: Appeal Review
• Annex 6: Instructions on Listening Tests of Use of English and Chinese Language & Culture (Cantonese)
• Annex 7: Instructions on Chinese Language & Culture (Putonghua) Listening Test
• Annex 8: Instructions on Oral Examinations of Language Subjects
• Annex 9: Mathematical formulae
• Annex 10: Suggested List of Reserved Words / Functions and Symbols Used in ER Diagrams
• Annex 11: 2012 HKALE Timetable

You need to read the documents.