MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1979
STUDENTS AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
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FOUR HONG KONG STUDENTS WERE PRESENTED WITH SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS TO FURTHER THEIR STUDIES IN FISHERIES AND AGRICULTURAL SUBJECTS BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR. TED NICHOLS TODAY (MONDAY).
ANOTHER FOUR STUDENTS, WHO RECEIVED BURSARIES LAST YEAR, HAD THE IR AWARDS EXTENDED FOR A FURTHER TERM.
ONE STUDENT, MISS ANNIE CHEUNG WAS AWARDED A $3 000 SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE MARINE FISH SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO ASSIST HER IN HER PH.D IN COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE ENDOCRINE BASIS OF FISH BREEDING AND CULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
ALSO UNDER THE MARINE FISH SCHOLARSHIP FUND WAS A LOAN OF $4 000 TO MR. CHU KA-LOK WHO IS STUDYING NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE, U.K.
FROM THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SCHOLARSHIP FUND, MR. CHAN HON- CHEUNG WAS AWARDED A GRANT OF $7 500 AND A LOAN OF $7 500. MR. CHAN IS STUDYING AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, U.K. ALSO FROM THE SAME FUND, MR. TERENCE LAM PO-SUM WAS AWARDED A GRANT OF $7 500 FOR HIS STUDIES IN ADVANCE PIG HUSBANDRY AT NORFOLK COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, U.K.
THE RENEWAL OF SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND LOANS TO LAST YEAR'S SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES AMOUNTED TO ALMOST $30 000 FROM THE TWO FUNDS.
AT TODAY'S PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR. NICHOLS SAID THE TWO FUNDS WERE LAUNCHED LAST YEAR WITH A TOTAL CAPITAL OF $2 MILLION.
HE SAID THE FUNDS WERE DESIGNED TO ENABLE DESERVING LOCAL STUDENTS TO FURTHER THEIR CAREER IN AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES INDUSTRIES. ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS IS THAT THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES MUST SPEND SOME TIME IN HONG KONG AT THE END OF THEIR STUDIES IN THE RELATED INDUSTRY.
MR. NICHOLS SAID THAT WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IN TODAY'S PRIMARY PRODUCTION IT WAS NECESSARY FOR FISHERMEN AND FARMERS TO KEEP ABREAST WITH DEVELOPMENTS TO ENSURE MAXIMUM YIELDS OF PRODUCE.
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