FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1980
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LOANS AND GRANTS FOR NEEDY COLLEGE STUDENTS
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MORE THAN $9.4 MILLION WILL BE PAID OUT IN LOANS AND GRANTS DURING THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR TO STUDENTS IN THE THREE APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES, THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE.
+LOANS AND GRANTS ARE AWARDED EACH YEAR TO NEEDY STUDENTS PURSUING FULL-TIME COURSES IN THE COLLEGES, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT $4.5 MILLION WILL BE PAID IN INTEREST-FREE LOANS TO 1 508 NEEDY STUDENTS ATTENDING THE FOUR-YEAR DIPLOMA PROGRAMME OF THE THREE APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES -- BAPTIST, LINGNAN AND SHUE YAN.
STUDENTS OF THE NEWLY RESTRUCTURED YEAR III AND IV PROGRAMMES ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR LOANS AND GRANTS. THIS YEAR 344 STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAMMES HAVE BEEN AWARDED LOANS WHILE 257 WERE AWARDED GRANTS AND THE TOTAL AMOUNTS INVOLVED ARE ESTIMATED AT $550 850 AND $361 300 RESPECTIVELY.
THE MAXIMUM LOAN OFFERED WAS $2 400 AND THE MAXIMUM GRANT $2 000, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
PAYMENT WILL BE MADE TO THE RECIPIENTS' SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
IN TWO INSTALMENTS, HE ADDED.
THIS YEAR 834 STUDENTS IN THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION NORTHCOTE, GRANTHAM AND SIR ROBERT BLACK - HAVE BEEN AWARDED LOANS AMOUNTING TO $2 001 600. ALSO, 824 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED GRANTS AMOUNTING TO $1 455 000.
AS TO THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE, 132 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED LOANS AMOUNTING TO $316 800 AND GRANTS AMOUNTING TO $229 000.
THE LOANS AMOUNTED TO $2 400 PER STUDENT AND THE MAXIMUM GRANT $2 000. THESE WILL BE PAID IN 10 INSTALMENTS,
HK VISIT BY DIRECTOR OF ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC
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SIR DAVID WILLCOCKS, DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 29). DURING HIS SIX-DAY VISIT, HE WILL CONDUCT A CHORAL SEMINAR ON DECEMBER 30 AND A NEW YEAR CONCERT ON JANUARY 2 AT THE INVITATION OF THE MUSIC OFFICE.
THE CHORAL SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE, AND WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MUSIC SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
STUDENTS COMING FROM MORE THAN 10 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BE THE AUDIENCE AT THE SEMINAR,
/THE SEMINAR