SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1991
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FINANCIAL AID FOR NEEDY STUDENTS OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON STUDENT FINANCE, WHICH ADMINISTERS THE GOVERNMENT'S SCHEME OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ΤΟ NEEDY STUDENTS OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, TODAY (SUNDAY) ANNOUNCED THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR APPLICATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE 1991-92 ACADEMIC YEAR.
THE SCHEME PROVIDES FINANCIAL AID IN THE FORM OF A COMBINATION OF GRANTS AND LOANS FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING FULL-TIME COURSES AT THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG, THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, THE LINGNAN COLLEGE, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE JOINT COMMITTEE SAID THAT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AN APPLICANT MUST HAVE RESIDED OR BEEN DOMICILED IN HONG KONG CONTINUOUSLY FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS
IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF HIS COURSE.
"CURRENT STUDENTS MAY OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS AS FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY) FROM THEIR INSTITUTIONS," HE SAID.
"PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS WHO SATISFY THE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS OF, AND HAVE APPLIED FOR ADMISSION TO, THE LINGNAN COLLEGE, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG MAY OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS FROM THE INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED, ON PRODUCTION OF THE RESULT SLIPS OF THEIR ADVANCED/HIGHER LEVEL EXAMINATION OR NOTIFICATION OR PROVISIONAL OFFER IN RESPECT OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
"THEY SHOULD, HOWEVER, SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS ONLY AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN OFFERED ADMISSION BY THE INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED.
THE HONG
"NEW STUDENTS ADMITTED BY THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE, CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MAY OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION.
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS AND STUDENTS TAKING HIGHER DEGREE OR DIPLOMA COURSES, WHO WILL NOT HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR MINIMUM PRESCRIBED PERIOD OF REGISTRATION BY SEPTEMBER 30, 1991, ARB ALSO ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
"THE MINIMUM PERIOD OF REGISTRATION FOR A DOCTOR OF
NORMALLY TWO YEARS AND YEARS," HE SAID.
FOR A MASTER DEGREE IS PHILOSOPHY DEGREE, THREE
/THE CLOSING