SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1981
ON
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REMINDER ON SCHOLARSHIPS
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APPLICANTS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND INTEREST-FREE LOANS UNDER TWO FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT ARE REMINDED THAT THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY (JULY 17), AND THAT THEY SHOULD RETURN THE IR FORMS EARLY.
THE TWO FUNDS ARE THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND THE MARINE FISH SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
THESE AWARDS, SUBJECT TO ANNUAL REVIEW, WILL BE TENABLE AT
A UNIVERSITY IN HONG KONG OR THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC OR A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE. THEY ARE ALSO TENABLE AT AN ACCEPTABLE OVERSEAS ACADEMIC OR TECHNOLOGICAL OR POST-GRADUATE INSTITUTION.
CANDIDATES SHOULD BE STUDENTS WHO MAY BE EXPECTED TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO EITHER AGRICULTURE OR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKET INDUSTRIES, OR MARINE FISHERIES OR FISH MARKETING INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG.
THESE STUDENTS SHOULD NORMALLY STUDY AGRICULTURE, VETERINARY SCIENCE, BOTANY, ZOOLOGY OR ANY APPLIED SCIENCES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO HONG KONG, OR ZOOLOGY, FISHERY, BIOLOGY, MARINE BIOLOGY, FOOD TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT OR ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES, MARINE ENGINEERING, NAVAL ARCHITECTURE OR ANY APPLIED SCIENCE RELEVANT TO LOCAL MARINE FISHERIES OR FISH MARKETING INDUSTRIES.
APPLICATIONS ARE ALSO OPEN TO PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKETING INDUSTRIES OR MARINE FISHERIES AND FISH MARKETING INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG.
CANDIDATES SHOULD BE HONG KONG RESIDENTS AND ADMITTED BY A RELEVANT ACADEMIC INSTITUTION, UNDER 30 AND PREFERABLY 18 AND 25 YEARS OF AGE.
DANGERS OF ROPE LADDERS STRESSED
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BUILDING CONTRACTORS ARE URGED TO REFRAIN FROM USING ROPE LADDERS AS MEANS OF ACCESS TO HIGH LEVELS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES.
MAKING THE PLEA TODAY (SUNDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT STRESSED THAT IF ROPE LADDERS MUST BE USED, ADEQUATE PRECAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN BY THE USE OF SAFETY NETS OR SAFETY HARNESSES WITH FALL-ARREST DEVICES WHICH SLIDE UP AND DOWN THE LIFE-LINE AND ONLY LOCK WHEN TENSION
IS EXERTED.
/HE POINTED
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