XN000022-1980-09-07 — Page 5

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1980

UCCA FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION FROM EARLY SEPTEMBER EACH YEAR. APPLICANTS SHOULD RETURN COMPLETED FORMS BY THEMSELVES TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE OCTOBER 15 FOR THOSE INCLUDING OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE AMONG THE UNIVERSITY ENTRIES OR DECEMBER 15 FOR THOSE NOT INCLUDING THESE TWO UNIVERSITIES.

THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED STUDENTS PROCEEDING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM TO STUDY TO HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO MEET ALL EXPENSES. +OVERSEAS STUDENTS THERE CANNOT OBTAIN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS TO WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH COLLEGE, HE SAID.

THE COST OF LIVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IS HIGH, AND THE ANNUAL EXPENSES FOR A STUDENT MAY NOW RANGE FROM 4 500 POUNDS-STERLING TO 7 500 POUNDS-STERLING DEPENDING ON HIS COURSE OF STUDY.

APPLICANTS OVER THE AGE OF 18 MAY APPLY FOR ACCOMMODATION IN THE HONG KONG STUDENTS CENTRE IN LONDON AND THIS SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

STUDENTS WISHING TO APPLY FOR A PLACE IN THE CENTRE AND WHO WISH TO OBTAIN THE HELP AND ADVICE OF THE STUDENT ADVISER OR THE BRITISH COUNCIL DURING THEIR STAY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SHOULD COMPLETE ALL FORMALITIES WITH THE DEPARTMENT AT LEAST ONE MONTH BEFORE THE IR DEPARTURE.

+WEDDING BUSES+ ATTRACT CROWDS

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THREE COUPLES IN WEDDING DRESSES TODAY RODE SEPARATELY ON THREE +WEDDING BUSES AND MADE DAY-LONG TOURS OF HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF HAPPY MARRIAGE, HAPPY LIFE+.

DECORATED WITH BALLOONS, POSTERS AND BANNERS, THE BUSES ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF MANY HOLIDAY-MAKERS ON THE MAIN TRAFFIC ROUTES.

LARGE CROWDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE STOPOVERS TO WATCH THE +BRIDES AND BRIDEGROOMS+ AS THEY ALIGHTED TO HAND OUT BOOKLETS AND LEAFLETS TO PROMOTE HAPPINESS IN MARRIAGE.

THE WEDDING TOURS WERE PART OF THE TERRITORY-WIDE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO FOSTER A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS MARRIAGE.

WITH ITS THEME ON +MARITAL RELATIONSHIP+, THE CAMPAIGN AIMS TO REMOVE MARITAL CONFLICTS TO FORESTALL FAMILY BREAKDOWNS AND TO IMPART KNOWLEDGE ON PREPARATION FOR, ADJUSTMENT IN, AND ENRICHMENT OF MARRIAGE.

THE BUSES, CONVERTED FROM CITY BUSES, STARTED ON THEIR JOURNEYS ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME IN THE MORNING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR.

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