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SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1991
ACCORDING TO THE FUND'S COUNCIL CHAIRMAN MR STEPHEN CHEONG, THE COMPETITION FOR THE THIRTEEN OVERSEAS AWARDS HAS BEEN VERY KEEN.
MR CHEONG SAID THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WERE CHOSEN FROM OVER 300 APPLICANTS AFTER TWO VIGOROUS SELECTION INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL INCLUDING LADY YOUDE, MISS CHRISTINE CHOW, PROFESSOR LEUNG WAI-SUN, PROFESSOR BENJAMIN
T'SOU, DR LUI MING-WAH AND MR ANTHONY KAN.
EACH FELLOW WILL RECEIVE $160,000 PER YEAR AND BACH SCHOLAR $145,000 PER YEAR. THEY ARE ALL REQUIRED TO WORK IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS AFTER COMPLETION OF THEIR STUDIES.
THE AWARD RECIPIENTS FOR THE FIVE OVERSEAS FELLOWSHIP ARE :-
MISS MABEL WONG CHIU-YU, 25. SHE GRADUATED FROM THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY WITH FIRST CLASS HONOURS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INTENDS TO READ A TWO-YEAR MASTER DEGREE COURSE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, CANADA.
MISS SHANDY LIU, 22.
SHE IS CURRENTLY A POSTGRADUATE LAW
STUDENT AT HKU AND INTENDS TO PURSUE A MASTER DEGREE IN LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.
MR LEUNG YING-KEUNG, 21. HE IS AN ENGINEERING STUDENT AT THE AND PLANS TO STUDY A MASTER DEGREE COURSE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, USA.
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MR VIN CHU YIU-KONG, 28. HE OBTAINED A MASTER DEGREE IN SOCIOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN WITH FIRST CLASS HONOURS AND IS CURRENTLY STUDYING FOR A MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. HE INTENDS TO PURSUE A DOCTORATE IN CRIMINOLOGY AT CAMBRIDGE.
MESS CARRIE LIN KA-YUK, 25. SHE OBTAINED A FIRST CLASS HONOURS IN MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND A MASTER DEGREE IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT). SHE PLANS TO PURSUE A DOCTORATE IN MATHEMATICAL MODELLING IN THE UK.
THE RIGHT OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ARE:
MR LI HO-SUN, 18, SHANGHAI-BORN,
SHANGHAI-BORN, IS A QUEEN'S COLLEGE STUDENT. НЕ OBTAINED NINE DISTINCTIONS IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION (HRCEE). HE PLANS TO PURSUE A BACHELOR DEGREE IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY, USA, AND ASPIRES TO BECOME A PSYCHOLOGIST,
MISS TANG YAN-YAN, 18, OF ST. PAUL'S CO-EDUCATIONAL COLLEGE WHO GOT NINE DISTINCTIONS IN HKCEE. SHE PLANS TO STUDY EITHER LAW AT BRISTOL, UK OR ENGINEERING AT MIT.
MISS REBECCA CHEONG, 18, OF ST. MARY'S CANOSSIAN COLLEGE WHO SCORED NINE DISTINCTIONS IN HKCEE. SHE INTENDS ΤΟ STUDY COMPUTER ENGINEERING AT MIT.
/MR SAMUEL