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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1978

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THREE STUDENTS ON MARINE AND

AGRICULTURAL STUDIES

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THREE STUDENTS WERE TODAY AWARDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOTALLING $15,000 BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR. TED NICHOLS.

THE AWARDS WERE MADE UNDER THE MARINE FISH SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SCHOLARSHIP FUND WHICH WERE APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR.

A MARINE FISH SCHOLARSHIP OF $2,000 WAS AWARDED TO MR. HUI WING-TAK OF FUNG WONG VILLAGE KOWLOON. MR. HUI SELECTED TO MAJOR

IN MARINE ENGINEERING DURING HIS SECOND YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. HE ALSO RECEIVED A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GRANT OF $4,800 TO ASSIST HIM IN HIS STUDIES.

A GRANT OF $1,000 TO ASSIST IN THE PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES, BOOKS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURE WAS AWARDED TO MR. HAU KA-NGAI OF ON LOK YUEN FARM, PAT HEUNG. MR. HAU WAS AWARDED THE GRANT UNDER THE MARINE FISH SCHOLARSHIP FUND BECAUSE OF HIS STUDIES IN MECHANICAL AND MARINE ENGINEERING AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

THE THIRD AWARD RECIPIENT IS MR. TANG YAN-SING OF HAY CHERK LAU, KWUN TONG. HE WAS GIVEN A SCHOLARSHIP OF $6,000 AND AN INTEREST FREE LOAN OF $6,000 UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SCHOLARSHIP FUND. MR. TANG WILL BE TAKING UP STUDIES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

DURING THE PRESENTATION OF AWARDS TODAY. MR. NICHOLS SA ID HE WAS GRATIFIED BY THE INTEREST SHOWN IN THE TWO SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS.

HE SAID THAT JUDGING BY THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, LOANS AND GRANTS THERE WAS A GENUINE INTEREST BY YOUNG PEOPLE TO FURTHER THE IR EDUCATION IN MARINE FISH AND AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES.

+AS YOU ARE AWARE, I HAVE BEEN ANXIOUS TO SEE THESE FUNDS ESTABLISHED FOR SOME TIME.

*AND NOW IT IS A PLEASURE TO MAKE THE AWARDS SO QUICKLY,+ MR. NICHOLS SAID.

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