Just in my personal point of view , parents who go though the BL route and got rejected by the school , just think for the parents who go though the PV or RC route , they have started planning for their child to enroll in which school as early as year 2010, ( PV registration started on jun 2010 for child to study next year P1) and RC

Member may even much early as this route is even tougher to get a recommended letter , whereas in BL route as mentioned by silversword that joining the clan that is less than a year, comparing to the time and effort that parents have put in in PV and RC route , sacrificed their leave and time and contribution to the school or public (RC) . If everyone have the same chance I getting registed in a good school , of course they would like a take the easiest way out. ( money or time or effort)

Hi, I agreed with sunshine22 , I have joined that hokkien clan last year in order to register my son in nan chiau primary Sch , but in order to have a recommended letter from them , I have to be a active member and at least two years in their clan. In the end I give up of getting the letter after going so much procedure in joining the clan. Think this Sch might work this way too. Just imaging that hokkien clan got thousands of members and By then the school would have l

lot of people register under phase 2B.