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SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1979

+THEY INCLUDE THE GRANTHAM SCHOLARSHIPS AND MAINTENANCE GRANTS, HONG KONG ROTARY CLUB AND STANDARD/SING TAO FAT CHOY DRIVE STUDENTS' LOAN FUNDS, AND THE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS FUND.

+GRANTHAM SCHOLARSHIPS AND MAINTENANCE GRANTS AMOUNTING TO $190,960 AND $3,370 RESPECTIVELY WERE AWARDED TO SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS LAST YEAR,+ MISS YAU SAID,

THESE SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS, SHE POINTED OUT, PROVIDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO 258 FULL-TIME STUDENTS ATTENDING SECONDARY, POST-SECONDARY OR UNIVERSITY COURSES,

+BESIDES DEMONSTRATING GENUINE FINANCIAL NEEDS, APPLICANTS MUST ALSO REACH A REQUISITE ACADEMIC STANDARD,✦ SHE EXPLAINED,

+IN JANUARY 1979, 10 STUDENTS WERE AWARDED GRANTHAM MAINTENANCE GRANTS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE 1978-79 ACADEMIC YEAR, AS THESE STUDENTS, OWING TO ADVERSE CHANGES IN FAMILY ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, REQUIRED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR COURSE OF STUDY.

+APPLICATIONS FOR THE GRANTHAM SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY THE END OF AUGUST AND NOT LATER THAN MID-JANUARY FOR THE GRANTHAM MAINTENANCE GRANTS, SHE SAID.

INTEREST-FREE LOANS TOTALLING $174,100 FROM THE HONG KONG ROTARY CLUB AND THE STANDARD/SING TAO FAT CHOY DRIVE STUDENTS' LOAN FUNDS WERE AWARDED TO 190 NEEDY AND ACADEMICALLY ABLE STUDENTS ATTENDING SECONDARY SCHOOLS, TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE LAST ACADEMIC

YEAR.

+THESE LOANS ARE MADE ON A YEARLY BASIS, AND PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO APPLICANTS WHO ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THEIR COURSES OF STUDY,+ SHE SAID.

APPLICATION FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE SECTION'S OFFICE AT LEIGHTON CENTRE AND MUST BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED BY THE END OF JULY.

HOWEVER, THOSE ATTENDING THE TWO UNIVERSITIES OR THE POLYTECHNIC SHOULD APPLY TO THEIR RESPECTIVE INSTITUTIONS.

+UNDER THE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS FUND, 367 AWARDS AMOUNTING TO $91,080 WERE GIVEN TO STUDENTS ATTENDING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS INCLUDING THOSE PURSUING ONE-YEAR OR TWO-YEAR MATRICULATION COURSES, SHE ADDED,

+THE FUND IS MADE UP OF VARIOUS PRIVATE DONATIONS AND THE CONDITIONS OF AWARDS FOR THESE SCHOLARSHIPS VARY, DEPENDING ON THE SPECIFIC WISHES OF THE DONORS, MISS YAU SAID.

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