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THE BRITISH BOXER INDEMNITY SCHOLAR-
SHIP SCHEME.
This scheme is worked by the Board of Trustees for the administration of the Indemnity Funds remitted by the British
ɔvernment, aided by the Universities China Committee in London. It is quite distinct from the scheme for sending Chinese engineer- ing graduates to work as student apprentices in British workshops The object of the latter, which was initiated by the Federation of British Industries and is handled by a Committee in Shanghai, is to send young Chinese graduates in engineering to serve as apprentices with British Engineering Manufacturers; the purpose of the former is to send selected Chinese graduates to Great Britain for courses of advanced academic study and research in Universities or Institutions of University rank in that country.
The plan of the Board of Trustees is to offer 20 scholar- ships a year.
All awards are made on the results of competitive examinations. The range of subjects include: geodesy, engineering (civil, railway and mechanical), aeronautics, nàval architecture, metallurgy, textiles and weaving, medicine and public health, geography, physics, mathem tics, western history, English, econ- amics. Selection examinations were held in 1934 and 1935. examinu tion for 1936 was held in April. To qualify for admission to the examination a candidate must have had two or more years experience, after graduating, in a University, College or Technical School.
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Each scholarship provides for 3 years study abroad with possible extension to 4 years. After studying for 2 years, a scholarship holder may be sent into works, or to study in a country other than Great Britain. Each scholarship holder re- ceives £20 for general expenses, £80 for a passage to England, and back to China, £24 a month for university fees and board. For a scholarship winner who goes either to Oxford or Cambridge an extra allowance of £30 a year is allowed.
In 1934 Dr. Ku Hsueh Chin won a scholarship in "General Surgery". He went to study in Edinburgh and is believed to be still there. In 1935 Dr. Sze Tsung Sing won a scholarship in "Tropical Medicine". He is studying in the London School of Tropical Medicine. At the last scholarship examinɛtion Dr. Woo Kai Fun won a scholarship, his subject being "Pathology", He will probably go to London for further study.
All these scholarship winners are medical graduates of the University of Hong Kong.
In the last examination Miss Lai Po kan a B.A. of the