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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1974

APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS

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HONG KONG STUDENTS OF HIGH INTELLECTUAL PROMISE ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF 1975 SCHOLARSHIPS BEING OFFERED BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, AUSTRAILA, NEW ZEALAND, MALAYSIA, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, JAMAICA AND NIGERIA UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP PLAN.

+THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE INTENDED FOR PERSONS WHO MAY BE EXPECTED TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO LIFE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES ON THEIR RETURN FROM STUDY ABROAD,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

+THEY ARE PRIMARILY AVAILABLE FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDY OR RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITIES NORMALLY EXTENDING OVER A PERIOD OF TWO ACADEMIC YEARS,+ HE ADDED.

APPLICANTS SHOULD BE COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS NORMALLY RESIDENT IN HONG KONG. THEY SHOULD ALSO BE GRADUATES OF RECOGNISED UNIVERSITIES OR EQUIVALENT QUALIFICATIONS.

CANDIDATES SHOULD NOT BE MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF AGE AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP AND PREFERABLY BE LESS THAN 28 YEARS OF AGE.

APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BRANCH OFFICE, BONAVENTURE HOUSE, 2ND FLOOR, 91, LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG.

ALL COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE SECTION BY OCTOBER 21, 1974.

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WATER SITUATION REPORT

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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 AM

TODAY (FRIDAY) STOOD AT 35,112 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 52.2 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67.300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 65,961 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.

THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 27,021 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 50,281 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 53.5 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.

0.7 M.M. C0.03 IN RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 AM TODAY. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 1,372.7 M.M. (54.04 IN).

THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 1.967 M.M. (77.44 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 30.2 PER CENT.