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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1977
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 1978 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, 1978. THEY MUST BE WILLING TO RECEIVE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE.
STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS OF EITHER OF THE TWO UNIVERSITIES IN HONG KONG OR POSSESS HIGHER QUALIFICATIONS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
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, SECOND FLOOR, 91 LEIGHTON ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG.
ALL COMPLETED FORMS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE SECTION NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 13, 1977.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE JAPAN INFORMATION AND CULTURAL OFFICE, CONSULATE-GENERAL OF JAPAN WILL CONSIDER APPLICATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.
SPEEDPOST CONTRACT WITH AMERICAN EXPRESS SIGNED ******
A CONTRACT FOR A SPEEDPOST SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WAS SIGNED TODAY BETWEEN AMERICAN EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL AND THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE.
AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY IN THE OFFICE OF MR. KARL KIRCHER, VICE PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN EXPRESS, MR. A.C. HEATHCOTE, DEPUTY POSTMASTER GENERAL, ASSURED THAT THE SERVICE WOULD PROVIDE CLIENTS WITH FAST, RELIABLE AND ECONOMICAL FACILITIES TO THE UNITED KINGDOM.
HE SAID THAT SPEEDPOST WAS AN EXPANDING SERVICE AND REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER OF ITEMS HANDLED LAST YEAR WAS DOUBLE THAT OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR. INDICATIONS WERE THAT THE GROWTH IN SPEEDPOST BUSINESS WOULD BE SIMILAR THIS YEAR, HE ADDED.
+THE HONG KONG BUSINESS COMMUNITY REQUIRED EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE COMMUNICATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AND I AM SURE THAT THE SPEEDPOST SERVICES MEET THIS CRITERIA,+ HE SAID.
MR. KIRCHER SAID THAT SIMILAR SPEEDPOST CONTRACTS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD FOLLOW.
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