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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1981

+PERHAPS THIS IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE LETTER DUE TO CHANGE OF ADDRESSES, HE NOTED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UP TO LAST TUESDAY ABOUT 700 APPLICATIONS INVOLVING OVER $20 MILLION IN EXGRATIA PAYMENT HAD BEEN APPROVED.

PEOPLE DIAGNOSED AFTER JANUARY 1 AS SUFFERING FROM THE DISEASE ARE NOT ENTITLED TO EXGRATIA PAYMENTS. HOWEVER, THEY ARE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION UNDER THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.

SCHOLARSHIPS ARE A GOOD WAY TO HELP STUDENTS

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THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO HELP A STUDENT THAN TO DONATE A SCHOLARSHIP TO THE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS FUND.

THE FUND, ADMINISTERED BY A SIX-MEMBER COMMITTEE, PROVIDES AWARDS TO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND STUDENTS FROM THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

+THE MINIMUM DONATION TO ESTABLISH A SCHOLARSHIP IS $5 000, SAID MISS ROSE LAM, SECRETARY OF THE FUND COMMITTEE.

+DONORS WILL BE ASKED TO NAME THE IR SCHOLARSHIPS AND TO SUGGEST CONDITIONS OF AWARDS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS FUND COMMITTEE,+ MISS LAM ADDED.

THE MONEY DONATED TO THE FUND WILL NORMALLY BE INVESTED EITHER IN STOCKS OR IN FIXED DEPOSITS. +THE INTEREST DERIVED WILL COVER THE YEARLY AWARD TO THE STUDENT, SHE EXPLAINED.

IN THE 1979-80 ACADEMIC YEAR, 388 STUDENTS BENEFITED FROM THE 122 SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE FUND AND THE AMOUNT PAID TO STUDENTS WAS $92 030.

THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECEIVING AWARDS IN 1980-81 ROSE TO 399 AS TWO MORE DONATIONS AMOUNTING TO $26 000 WERE MADE TO THE FUND. THE TOTAL PAYMENTS CAME CLOSE TO $100 000.

IN THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR, ABOUT TEN MORE AWARDS WILL BE OFFERED.

ACCORDING TO MISS LAM, THE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS FUND HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE PRE-WAR YEARS AND HAS ASSISTED NUMEROUS STUDENTS DURING THESE INTERVENING YEARS.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AWARDS ARE MADE YEARLY IN JULY OR AUGUST BY PRINCIPALS OF SCHOOLS TO WHICH DONATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS FUND COMMITTEE.

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DONATIONS, AS WELL AS ENQUIRIES, CAN BE MADE TO THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT LEIGHTON CENTRE, 15TH FLOOR, 77 LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG, (TELEPHONE 5-7903968).

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