WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1976
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JAPANESE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HONG KONG STUDENTS
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TWO SCHOLARSHIPS ARE BEING OFFERED BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO HONG KONG STUDENTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES UNDER THE MOMBUSHO SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR THE 1977 ACADEMIC YEAR. ONE OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL MAJOR IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE AT THE TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES AND THE OTHER IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES AT A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
APPLICANTS MUST BE OVER 18 AND UNDER 22 YEARS OF AGE ON APRIL 1, 1977. THEY MUST BE WILLING TO RECEIVE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
IN THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE.
APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG OR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, OR OBTAINED EQUIVALENT QUALIFICATIONS OR HAVE POSSESSED HIGHER QUALIFICATIONS.
APPLICATION FORMS AND FURTHER PARTICULARS REGARDING THESE SCHOLARSHIPS AND UNIVERSITY COURSES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BRANCH OFFICE, BONAVENTURE HOUSE, 2ND FLOOR, 91 LEIGHTON ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY, HỒNG KONG.
ALL COMPLETED FORMS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE SECTION BY SEPTEMBER 13.
$20,900 BURIAL GRANTS PAID TO FAMILIES OF LANDSLIDE VICTIMS ****
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TODAY PAID BURIAL GRANTS TOTALLING $20,900 TO FAMILIES OF 19 PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED IN LAST WEEK'S LANDSLIDES.
OF THE DEAD, 18 WERE VICTIMS OF THE SAU MAU PING DISASTER AND ONE FROM THE NAM ON FONG VILLAGE LANDSLIP.
THIS BRINGS TO 20 THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE RECEIVED BURIAL GRANTS. THE FIRST PAYMENT WAS MADE LAST SATURDAY.
APART FROM THE BURIAL GRANTS, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO PAID A SUM OF $13,100 TO THE SEVEN DEPENDANTS OF A MAN WHO WAS KILLED IN THE SAU MAU PING LANDSL IP. THE AMOUNT DOES NOT INCLUDE BURIAL GRANT.
A SAU MAU PING MAN WHOSE WIFE AND A SON WERE KILLED IN THE LANDSLIDE WAS PAID A TOTAL OF $6,900.
A SUM OF $1,700 WAS PAID TO THE FAMILY OF TWO BROTHERS, ONE OF WHOM WAS KILLED AND THE OTHER INJURED IN THE NAM ON FONG VILLAGE LANDSLIP.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID GRANTS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE PAID TO THOSE WHO HAD BEEN AFFECTED BY THE LANDSLIDES BROUGHT ON BY THE HEAVY RAINS.
+WE HAVE CONTACTED THE FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED BY LANDSLIDES TO COME AND COLLECT THE IR GRANTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED ARE ALSO ASKED TO COME FORWARD, BUT THEY MUST ALSO BRING WITH THEM MEDICAL CERTIFICATES FROM DOCTORS OR HOSPITALS.+