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If necessary, the applicant and/or an adult member of his/her household who is fully aware of the family's circumstances will be invited to attend an interview at the SFAA to clarify information reported in the application.
The Agency's spokesman, however, warned that any wilful misrepresentation or omission of information in the applications may lead to disqualification and court proceedings.
As from the 1995-96 academic year, an Extended Loan Scheme (ELS) will be established as an additional component of the LSFS to help those applicants who marginally fail the means test and those successful applicants with a low level of financial assistance. The ceiling of the ELS will be $15,000 for the 1995-96 academic
year.
Enquiries should be directed to the SFAA at ninth floor, National Mutual Centre, 151 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, or on 2802 1666.
End/Thursday, April 13, 1995
Transcript of CS's media session
The following is a transcript of the Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, speaking to the media after visiting Tsueng Kwan O District this (Thursday) afternoon:
Question: I probably ask you the same question...
CS: I'll say, first of all, it is quite a normal development that in the years to come, you'll get people retiring, for whatever reasons, largely for personal reasons. And you might get the odd individuals deciding they want to have a change of environment or go to another job. I don't think this in itself is anything very surprising. And, we are confident that we are giving younger officers every opportunity to be trained, to get exposure and a variety of experience. And in particular those whom we have appointed to succeed policy secretaries retiring in the next few months, we are fully confident that they will be more than able to handle the job. Between them, they have a great deal of experience and they are all very capable people.
Question: Do you think it is a rather large number all at once?
CS: No, not at all.
End/Thursday, April 13, 1995
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