WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1962
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GOVERNOR SENDS MESSAGE OF
CONGRATULATIONS TO LORD MACLEHOSE
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A MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS HAS BEEN SENT BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TO LORD MACLEHOSE, HONG KONG'S FORMER GOVERNOR, WHO TAKES HIS SEAT IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS TODAY.
THE MESSAGE READS
+MANY CONGRATULATIONS AND WARMEST GOOD WISHES FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ON TAKING YOUR SEAT.+
LORD MACLEHOSE'S OFFICIAL TITLE IS: BARON MACLEHOSE OF BEOCH, OF MAYBOLE IN THE DISTRICT OF KYLE AND CARRICK, AND OF VICTORIA IN HONG KONG.
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 TO HONG KONG STUDENTS.
THE SCHOLARSHIPS PROVIDE FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES OR NATURAL SCIENCES AT A JAPANESE UNIVERSITY.
APPLICANTS NEED NOT HAVE ANY PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF JAPANESE BUT THEY MUST BE WILLING TO RECEIVE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE MEDIUM OF 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 NORMALLY TENABLE FOR FIVE YEARS FROM APRIL 1983 TO MARCH 1988 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 AT ROOM 1522, LEIGHTON CENTRE, 77 LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG.
COMPLETED FORMS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE SAME OFFICE NOT LATER THAN AUGUST 20.
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