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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1979

OPENING THE EXHIBITION, MR. BAILEY SAID HE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM HONG KONG WHERE HE HAD BEEN PHOTOGRAPHING THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE.

HE ALSO PAID A WARM TRIBUTE TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR THE WAY IN WHICH IT WAS DEALING WITH THE REFUGEE PROBLEM.

THE +HONG KONG IN PROGRESS+ PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION WAS ORGANISED EARLIER THIS YEAR BY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF HONG KONG AND THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES.

IN ADDITION TO THE PRIZE-WINNING ENTRIES' EXHIBITION, A FURTHER 100 OF THE 900 PRINTS SUBMITTED FOR THE COMPETITION WERE SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYED IN THE MAIN FOYER OF THE ROYAL FESTIVAL

HALL.

APPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES

SCHOLARSHIPS AND LOAN SCHEMES INVITED ******

APPLICATION FORMS FOR STUDENTS SEEKING SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS OR INTEREST FREE LOANS FROM THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SCHOLARSHIP FUND OR THR MARINE FISH SCHOLARSHIP FUND ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.

THE TWO SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS, EACH WITH A CAPITAL OF $1 MILLION, WERE STARTED LAST YEAR AND ARE ADMINISTERED BY ADVISORY COMMITTEES OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FARMING AND FISHING PRODUCERS. THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES IS TRUSTEE OF THE TWO FUNDS.

APPLICANTIONS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS OR LOANS WILL CLOSE ON AUGUST 18.

ONE SCHOLARSHIP UNDER EACH FUND WILL BE OFFERED TO STUDENTS OF HIGH INTELLECTUAL PROMISE AND WHO ARE HONG KONG RESIDENTS.

THE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL GENERALLY INCLUDE APPROVED TUITION, HOSTEL, LABORATORY AND EXAMINATION FEES, PERSONAL MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE, GRANTS FOR BOOKS AND EQUIPMENT AND TRAVEL COSTS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES MUST UNDERTAKE TO WORK FOR A STIPULATED PERIOD IN THE AGRICULTURE OR MARINE FISH

INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG AT THE END OF THE SCHOLARSHIP PERIOD.

AND, HE ADDED, PRIORITY WOULD BE GIVEN TO APPLICANTS FROM FISHING AND FARMING FAMILIES.

THE SCHOLARSHIPS WOULD BE TENABLE AT EITHER OF THE UNIVERSITIES IN HONG KONG, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, OR AT AN ACCEPTABLE OVERSEAS ACADEMIC, TECHNICAL OR POST-GRADUATE INSTITUTION.

THE FUNDS ALSO ALLOW FOR THE AWARDING OF INTEREST FREE LOANS OR GRANTS TO DESERVING STUDENTS WHO WISH TO UNDERTAKE STUDIES AT ANY OF THE INSTITUTIONS. HOWEVER, SUBJECTS UNDERTAKEN_MUST BE RELEVANT TO AGRICULTURE OR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MARKETING INDUSTRIES OR TO MARINE FISHERIES OR FISH MARKETING INDUSTRIES.

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