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MONDAY, MAY 19, 1980
TRADE MISSION LEAVING FOR GUANGZHOU
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A TRADE MISSION, LED BY SIR Y.K. KAN, WILL VISIT GUANGZHOU FROM MAY 25 TO 29.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MISSION WILL BE MR Q.W. LEE, MR JAMES WU MAN-HON, MR ALLEN LEE PENG-FEI, MR W. DORWARD, MR C.B. BENJAMIN (DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, LONDON), DR D.C. WILSON AND MR P.A.B. THOMSON (BRITISH EMBASSY, PEKING, ATTACHED TO THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION, HONG KONG).
THE PURPOSE OF THE MISSION. WHICH HAS BEEN WELCOMED BY THE GUANGDONG AUTHORITIES, WILL BE TO EXPLORE POSSIBILITIES FOR GREATER ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG,
THE HOST OF THE MISSION WILL BE MR FENG XUEYEN, DIRECTOR OF THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL FOREIGN TRADE BUREAU.
MONEY SUPPORT FOR MATRICULANTS
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STUDENTS ASPIRING TO COMPLETE A FULL-TIME MATRICULATION COURSE IN HONG KONG ON OBTAINING THEIR CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION NEED HAVE NO WORRY IF THEY ARE FINANCIALLY HARD UP.
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, IN THE FORM OF FREE GRANTS, IS AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED FOUR SUBJECTS AT GRADE C OR ABOVE IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION THE SAME YEAR.
MORE THAN 1 600 STUDENTS, REPRESENTING ABOUT SIX PER CENT OF THE TOTAL MATRICULATION DAY STUDENTS, ARE RECEIVING GRANTS RANGING FROM $400 TO $1 000 WHICH ARE BEING PAID OUT IN TEN INSTALMENTS OVER THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. THESE GRANTS AMOUNT TO OVER $900 000.
COMPARED WITH THE TIME THE SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN 1954, WHEN ONLY A TOTAL OF $50 000 WAS AWARDED TO 70 STUDENTS, THIS IS A TREMENDOUS INCREASE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.
THOSE WHO WISH TO APPLY FOR A GRANT IN THE COMING YEAR STARTING THIS SEPTEMBER MAY OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS FROM JUNE 1 FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE FULL DETAILS OF THEIR TOTAL FAMILY INCOME.
AWARD OF THE GRANTS WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF A MAINTENANCE GRANTS COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.
/+THE COMMITTEE