Financial assistance to full-time students
The Student Financial Assistance Agency (SFAA) which administers the Government's Local Student Finance Scheme (LSFS) today (Thursday) announced the arrangements for applications in respect of the 1995-96 academic year.
The LSFS is a means-tested scheme, which provides financial assistance in the form of grant and for loan to needy students attending full-time courses at the City University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Baptist University, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Lingnan College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Technical College (Chai Wan), the Hong Kong Technical College (Tsing Yi), the Prince Philip Dental Hospital (for students studying the course leading to Diploma in Dental Technology only), and the Hong Kong Institute of Education (for students studying full-time pre-service two-year or three-year course).
Applicants must either have the right of abode in Hong Kong or have resided or have had their homes in Hong Kong continuously for at least three years immediately prior to the commencement of their courses.
Students should submit their applications to the SFAA via their respective institutions. Applicants whose siblings are also applying for the LSFS (1995-96) at the same time should hand in their applications together with those of their siblings to his/her institution or the institution of his/her sibling.
Current students may obtain application forms from their respective institutions. Prospective students who satisfy the entrance requirements of, and have applied for admission to the University of Hong Kong may obtain application forms from the said institution on production of the result slips of their Advanced Level Examination.
They should, however, submit their applications only after they have been offered admission.
New students admitted by the City University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Baptist University, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Lingnan College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Hong Kong Technical College (Chai Wan) and the Hong Kong Technical College (Tsing Yi), the Prince Philip Dental Hospital and the Hong Kong Institute of Education may obtain application forms from the institutions concerned at the time of registration.