WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1984
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DB MEMBERS TO VISIT FIRE SERVICES
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A DELEGATION FROM THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD WILL VISIT FIRE SERVICES FACILITIES ON SATURDAY (JANUARY 28) MORNING.
THE DELEGATION WILL CALL AT THE CHEUNG SHA WAN FIRE STATION AND THE NEW CHEUNG SHA WAN AMBULANCE DEPOT BEFORE GOING TO THE FIRE SERVICES COMMUNICATION CENTRE AT CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON.
THE PARTY WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE WORK OF THE FIRE SERVICES BY KOWLOON DISTRICT (WEST) COMMANDER TAM YUK-FUN.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT. PRESS REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO BE AT CHEUNG SHA WAN FIRE STATION BEFORE 9.30 AM ON SATURDAY (JANUARY 28).
UK SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HK STUDENTS
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HONG KONG STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY ANY OF BRITAIN'S 95 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS FOR POST-GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE 1984-85 SCHOOL YEAR CAN NOW APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS UNDER BRITAIN'S OVERSEAS RESEARCH STUDENTS AWARD SCHEME.
THE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS INCLUDE THE UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE LONDON AND MANCHESTER BUSINESS SCHOOLS, THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART AND THE CRANFIELD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
THE OVERSEAS RESEARCH STUDENTS AWARD SCHEME WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1979 TO PROVIDE AWARDS FOR PARTIAL REMISSION OF TUITION FEES TO OVERSEAS POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS OF OUTSTANDING MERIT AND RESEARCH POTENTIAL.
THERE WILL BE 750 AWARDS IN 1984 AND EACH OF THEM WILL COVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TUITION FEE FOR A HOME POST-GRADUATE STUDENT AND THE +FULL-COST+ FEE CHARGEABLE TO AN OVERSEAS POST- GRADUATE STUDENT.
THE ONLY CRITERIA FOR THE AWARDS ARE OUTSTANDING MERIT AND RESEARCH POTENTIAL. OTHER FACTORS, SUCH AS MEANS, NATIONALITY, PROPOSED FIELD AND INSTITUTION OF STUDY, WILL NOT BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
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