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Competition for the overseas fellowships and scholarships for 1995-96 is extremely keen.
Thirteen brilliant students, from among 293 applicants, have won the
awards.
They will receive a maximum of $208,000 a year for a fellowship award or a maximum of $190,000 for a scholarship award.
These students will have to return to work in Hong Kong for at least three years after completion of their studies.
The award recipients for the six Overseas Fellowships 1995-96 are:
* Mr Chan Ka-lok, 27, currently a lecturer of Warsaw University, Poland; plans to pursue a doctorate in Politics at the University of Oxford, UK.
* Mr Chan Tat-keung, 24, a first class honours graduate in Information Engineering and currently a master degree student in Philosophy of the Chinese University of Hong Kong; intends to pursue a doctorate in Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.
* Miss Leung Bo-yee, Nancy, 23, a graduate in LLB of the University of Hong Kong; intends to pursue a LLM at the University of Cambridge, UK.
* Mr Tang Tin-hong, Alexander, 27, now works as an associate dentist of a community health centre; intends to pursue a Master of Science and Membership in Orthodontics at the University of London, UK.
* Miss Yeung Yang, 25, currently a reporter of TVB (Pearl); plans to pursue a doctorate in Anthropology at the Yale University, USA.
* Miss Yip Choi-fung, 29, currently an undergraduate student in Fine Arts at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts; plans to read a Master degree in the same field at Sarah Lawrence College, New York.
The seven Overseas Scholarships winners are:
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