FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1987
FOUR TO "BEARING THIS IN MIND, WE HAVE DECIDED TO OFFER ABOUT SIX SCHOLARSHIPS OR FELLOWSHIPS IN 1988-89. WE HOPE THAT THE FUND'S INCOME WILL INCREASE SO THAT WE MAY HAVE A LARGER NUMBER OF AWARDS SUBSEQUENT YEARS," MR CHEONG ADDED.
ALL ELIGIBLE
ARB CANDIDATES
FUND COUNCIL
INVITED TO
IN
APPLY. APPLICATION FROM THE SIR SECRETARIAT: (M/F, LOW BLOCK,
AND SHOULD BE RETURNED BY
FORMS AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION ARE NOW AVAILABLE EDWARD YOUDE MEMORIAL QUEENSWAY GOVERNMENT OFFICES, HONG KONG) NOVEMBER 30, 1987.
SELECTION COMMITTEES
OF CONSISTING
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WILL MEET SHORT-LISTED IT IS ANTICIPATED AS POSSIBLE
PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY APPLICANTS IN ABOUT JANUARY OR FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR. THAT THE RESULTS OF THE AWARDS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON THEREAFTER.
MR
CHEONG
SAID THERE
19 WERE FOR 1987-88. THE TOTAL
AS REGARDS THE LOCAL SCHEME, FELLOWSHIPS, 60 SCHOLARSHIPS AND 466 PRIZES VALUE OF THE AWARDS AMOUNTS TO NEARLY $2 MILLION.
MR CHEONG SAID THE LOCAL AWARDS SCHEME WAS A FIRST
EDUCATION AND
THR
STEP WHICH OF THE
LEARNING
THE COUNCIL TOOK FOR PROMOTING PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND ENCOURAGING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG.
FOR SENIOR SECONDARY
STUDENTS SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR, PRIZES
HIGH STANDARD OF HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO ATTAIN A LEARNING AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY.
HE SAID THE SELECTION COMMITTEES HAD FOUND THE STANDARD OF STUDENTS TO BE VERY HIGH.
THE
"THOSE AWARDED THE FELLOWSHIPS
BROAD SPECTRUM OF THE
ACADEMIC
TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, HE SAID.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND
REPRESENT OFFERED AT THE DISCIPLINES
A LOCAL
"OVERALL, THE COUNCIL IS CONFIDENT THAT THOSE SELECTED HAVE THE TO THE ECONOMIC AND POTENTIAL OF MAKING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS
KONG SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE TERRITORY AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF HONG AS AN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE," HE ADDED.
THE AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED TO RECIPIENTS FEBRUARY, 1988 AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALI..
BY LADY YOUDE IN
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