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SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1980
THE EMOLUMENTS WILL COVER APPROVED EXPENSES FOR TRAVEL, LIVING AND STUDY DURING THE TENURE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP.
APPLICANTS SHOULD BE COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS NORMALLY RESIDENT IN HONG KONG AND NOT MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMENCES. THEY SHOULD ALSO BE GRADUATES OF RECOGNISED UNIVERSITIES OR HOLDERS OF EQUIVALENT QUALIFICATIONS.
SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS RECOMMENDED FOR THE AWARDS MUST SATISFY CERTAIN LANGUAGE, HEALTH AND IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS.
APPLICATION FORMS AND OTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, LEIGHTON CENTRE, 15TH FLOOR, 77 LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG,
COMPLETED FORMS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE SECTION NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30.
LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE BUILDING PAVILION
FOR NT VILLAGE
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VILLAGERS IN SHA KWOK MEI TSUEN, SAI KUNG, AND THE LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICE ARE LOOKING FOR A SUITABLE NAME FOR A CHINESE PAVILION BEING BUILT NEAR THE VILLAGE.
THE PAVILION, WHICH WILL SERVE AS A RAIN SHELTER FOR VISITORS AND A SITTING OUT AREA FOR VILLAGERS, WILL COST $40 000 PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS FUND,
IT IS SITUATED ON OPEN LAND CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE VILLAGE WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF 1 200.
THE AREA WAS PREVIOUSLY BARREN LAND WHERE RESIDENTS MET TO SIT AND CHAT.
TWO YEARS AGO VILLAGERS APPROACHED THE DISTRICT OFFICE ABOUT IMPROVING THE SITE. RECENTLY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AGREED TO ALLOCATE MONEY TO CONSTRUCT THE PAVILION.
WORK STARTED EARLY LAST MONTH AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
THE PAVILION, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE DISTRICT, WAS DESIGNED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION ENGINEER, MR RAYMOND WONG. IT WILL BE BUILT IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE STYLE.
VILLAGE ELDERS ARE BEING CONSULTED ON A NAME FOR THE PAVILION.