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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1980

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STARTING FROM THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1980, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WOULD CONDUCT. AT QUARTERLY INTERVALS, A PAYROLL SURVEY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A BETTER PICTURE OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING OF THE LOCAL LABOUR MARKET. SOME 10 000 ESTABLISHMENTS, ALL SELECTED ON A RANDOM BASIS OUT OF THE SAMPLE OF THE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY, WOULD BE ASKED TO PROVIDE

INFORMATION ON ALL CASH PAYMENTS (INCLUDING WAGES AND SALARIES) PAID DIRECTLY TO EMPLOYEES FOR EACH MONTH WITHIN A QUARTER. BY COMBINING THE PAYROLL SURVEY WITH THE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY, EACH OF THESE 10 000 SELECTED ESTABLISHMENTS WOULD BE ASKED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL ON A SINGLE QUESTIONNAIRE.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS APPEALED TO ALL ESTABLISHMENTS FOR CO-OPERATION IN THE TWO SURVEYS, HE STRESSED THAT INFORMATION FURNISHED BY INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENT WOULD BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WOULD BE USED SOLELY FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES.

JAPANESE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HONG KONG STUDENTS

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STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 22 CAN NOW APPLY FOR TWO JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED UNDER THE MONBUSHO SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME.

THE SCHOLARSHIPS PROVIDE FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES AT A JAPANESE UNIVERSITY.

APPLICANTS NEED NOT HAVE ANY PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF JAPANESE BUT THEY MUST BE WILLING TO RECEIVE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN JAPANESE.

THEY SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS OF EITHER OF THE TWO UNIVERSITIES IN HONG KONG OR PASSED IN TWO RELEVANT SUBJECTS AT THE ADVANCED LEVEL AND IN THREE RELEVANT SUBJECTS AT THE ORDINARY LEVEL OR PASSED IN THREE RELEVANT SUBJECTS AT THE ADVANCED LEVEL AND IN ONE RELEVANT SUBJECT AT ORDINARY LEVEL IN THE GCE.

THE AWARDS ARE TENABLE FOR FIVE YEARS FROM APRIL, 1981 TO MARCH, 1986 AND WILL COVER TUITION, ACCOMMODATION, LIVING EXPENSES AND RETURN PASSAGE.

SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE ENROLLED AT THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL ATTACHED TO THE TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES AND WILL BE GIVEN A ONE-YEAR COURSE ON THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND OTHER NECESSARY SUBJECTS TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE FOUR-YEAR DEGREE COURSE.

APPLICATION FORMS AND FURTHER INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, ROOM 1522 LEIGHTON CENTRE, 77 LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG.

COMPLETED FORMS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE SAME OFFICE NO LATER THAN AUGUST 30.

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