HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1952
A modern fleet of twenty-eight lorries is now available for carrying produce and livestock to the central markets at Kowloon.
Under one of the centrally administered scholar- ship schemes, Hong Kong has been allocated from Colonial Development and Welfare funds, HK$574,000 (£36,000) of which HK$335,000 (£21,000) has been expended or committed. The purpose of the scheme is to grant scholarships to local candidates either in or outside Government Service. The scholarships are intended primarily for university education but some awards have been made for other forms of education. Twenty-three students from Hong Kong have benefited under the scheme, four of whom were not in Govern- ment Service when their scholarships were awarded. Six other candidates have been recommended for scholarships starting in the autumn of 1953. Another scholarship scheme provides for various courses for post-selection training of recruits for various branches of the Colonial Unified Services. This scheme also provides for certain standard courses such as air traffic control and advanced training for nursing sisters. Nineteen officers from Hong Kong have already benefited under this scheme. A further nineteen scholarships have been awarded for various courses of study in England. Fifteen of these awards were given to men and women who were not in Government Service and in a few cases the award took the form of free passage grants.
Part of the United Kingdom's contribution, in 1948, to the rehabilitation of the Colony was a grant of HK$4 million (£250,000) towards the reconstruction and revival of the Hong Kong University.
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In 1950,