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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1976

SECONDARY SCHOOL COLOUR TV PROGRAMME

NOTE TO EDITORS:-

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A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD THIS FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 10) AT 2.30 P.M. AT THE PREVIEW THEATRE OF RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG (RTHK) AT BROADCAST DRIVE, KOWLOON, TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL COLOUR TELEVISION PROGRAMME.

THE PROGRAMME WILL BE LAUNCHED FROM NEXT MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 13).

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (TELEVISION) OF RTHK, MR. DONALD KERR, AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION), MR. SUN PING-SHU, WILL BE PRESENT AT THE CONFERENCE.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE CONFERENCE.

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SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS ***

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, WAS PRESENTED WITH A CHEQUE FOR $5,000 TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE YOUTH ORGANISATION FOR THE UNDERPRIVILEGED. THE DONATION WAS MADE TOWARDS THE SETTING UP OF FIVE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL WORK TRAINING IN THE 1976/77 ACADEMIC YEAR,

THE CHEQUE WAS PRESENTED TO MR. LEE BY MR. RONALD LU, CHAIRMAN OF Y.O.U., AT A LUNCHEON HELD AT THE FURAMA HOTEL.

Y.O.U. IS AN ORGANISATION CONSISTING OF YOUNG AND ENTHUSIASTIC PEOPLE INTERESTED IN HELPING OTHERS WHO THROUGH POVERTY ARE PREVENTED FROM FURTHERING THEIR EDUCATION.

FUNDS ARE RAISED BY THE ORGANISATION EVERY YEAR TO CARRY OUT A NUMBER OF SOCIAL SERVICE PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDES THE DONATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL WORK TRAINING.

STUDENTS OF THE INSTITUTE, UNLIKE THEIR COUNTERPARTS AT THE UNIVERSITIES OR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, DO NOT HAVE ACCESSES TO BURSARIES, SCHOLARSHIP OR LOAN SCHEMES. THEY ARE ALSO UNABLE TO TAKE UP JOBS DURING THE SUMMER AS THE INSTITUTE'S PROGRAMME IS DESIGNED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SUMMER MONTHS FOR FIELD WORK WHICH IS VITAL IN SOCIAL WORK TRAINING.

IN THANKING THE YOUTH ORGANISATION FOR THE UNDERPRIVILEGED MR. LEE SAID THAT THE GENEROUS OFFER OF Y.O.U. TO SET UP SCHOLARSHIPS WAS WELCOMED BY ALL CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES.

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