Recently I booked a unit in a new development and was told the project will complete in 2015. However the TOP date stated in the S&P is Oct 2017. I enquire with MOE and was told that they will use the TOP date stated in the S&P strictly unless there is a chance in policy. That mean my son will not be able to use the new address to register for P1 in 2014 for a school that is just across the road.

I am puzzled why MOE used legal completion stated in S&P which is usually >2-3yrs after the TOP for most new property instead of within 1-2yr of entry to school from estimated TOP date provided by developer which is more realistic. The current trend is for developers to state a very late legal TOP date due to uncertain economic condition as well as resource constraint faced by the construction sectors.
Hopefully MOE can review the current stance else I had to send my son to a school that will be near my current address but move to the (farther) new house 6 mths later which is against the logic to encourage student to live near the school.
Maybe parents who face the same problem can also feedback to MOE so that they can review the policy. Cheers.