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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1982
COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS
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A LIMITED NUMBER OF COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS FOR POST-GRADUATE STUDY OR RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITIES ARE BEING OFFERED TO RESIDENTS IN HONG KONG.
THESE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE INTENDED FOR PERSONS WHO ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO LIFE IN HONG KONG ON THE IR RETURN FORM STUDY ABROAD.
COUNTRIES OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS ARE THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, NIGERIA, MALAYSIA, JAMAICA, GHANA AND SRI LANKA.
THE COURSE OF STUDY NORMALLY EXTENDS OVER A PERIOD OF TWO ACADEMIC YEARS.
THE EMOLUMENTS WILL COVER APPROVED EXPENSES FOR TRAVEL, LIVING AND STUDY DURING THE TENURE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP.
APPLICANTS SHOULD BE COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS NORMALLY RESIDENT IN HONG KONG AND NOT MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMENCES. THEY SHOULD ALSO BE GRADUATES OF RECOGNISED UNIVERSITIES OR HOLDERS OF EQUIVALENT QUAL IF ICATIONS,
APPLICANTS WHO ARE RECOMMENDED FOR THE AWARDS MUST SATISFY CERTAIN LANGUAGE, HEALTH AND IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS.
APPLICATION FORMS AND OTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE SCHOLARSHIPS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT LEIGHTON CENTRE, 15TH FLOOR, 77 LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG.
COMPLETED FORMS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE SECTION NOT LATER THAN SEPTMBER 30.
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TOP PSYCHOLOGIST JOINS CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
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A WELL-KNOWN PSYCHOLOGIST, DR ROBERT G. ANDRY, ARRIVED FROM ENGLAND TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO JOIN THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN CHARGE OF ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT.
DR ANDRY. WHO HAS A WIDE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE. WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GUIDING THE EXPANSION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
DR ANDRY HAS BEEN TO HONG KONG SEVERAL TIMES.
ON HIS FIRST VISIT IN 1975, HE RECOMMENDED THE INTRODUCTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES IN THE DEPARTMENT.
/HE VISITED
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