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TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1983

THE HONG KONG SCHOOL OF MOTORING, WHICH IS A PRIVATE ORGANISATION, WILL ONLY ACCEPT CANDIDATES (1) WHO ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE; (11) WHO APPLY FOR ENROLMENT WITH THE SCHOOL WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF PASSING THE SIMULATOR 'F ILM' TEST: AND (111) WHO ARE NOT SUFFERING FROM ANY PHYSICAL HANDICAP OR MENTAL DISORDER.

THE INDOOR SIMULATOR COURSE IS ALSO OFFERED BY THE

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S INDOOR DRIVING SCHOOL AT PUI CHING ROAD.

MORE BURSARIES GIVEN JUNIOR POLICE CHILDREN

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BURSARIES TOTALLING SOME $1.4 MILLION HAVE BEEN AWARDED THIS YEAR TO CHILDREN OF JUN FOR POLICE OFFICERS NOW STUDYING AT SECONDARY SCHOOLS OR POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR ROY HENRY, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

MR HENRY WAS SPEAKING AT THE 16TH ANNUAL BURSARY PRESENTATION OF THE POLICE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION TRUST HELD AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL.

HE POINTED OUT THAT AMONG THIS YEAR'S 1 425 BURSARY-HOLDERS, 350 WERE STUDYING AT LOCAL AND OVERSEAS UNIVERSITIES OR COLLEGES OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

''THIS SHOWS AN INCREASE OF SIX OVER THE FIGURE FOR LAST YEAR AND I AM SURE THE NUMBER OF BURSARIES AWARDED FOR HIGHER EDUCATION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN THE YEARS TO COME, HE NOTED.

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HE REGARDED THIS RISE AS A VERY GRATIFYING TREND AND ANTICI- PATED A GREATER NEED IN FUTURE TO USE THE TRUST'S FUNDS TO ASSIST POLICE CHILDREN STUDYING AT THE HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDING MORE ASSISTANCE TOWARDS PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION.

THE COMMISSIONER THEN TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE MANAGE- HENT COMMITTEE AND THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY BOARD FOR ENSURING THAT ALL APPLICATIONS WERE DEALT WITH IN A FAIR MANNER AND THAT THE FUNDS WERE SOUNDLY AND PROFITABLY INVESTED.

HE SAID SINCE THE TRUST WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1967 FROM DONATION S MADE BY THE PUBLIC IN RECOGNITION OF POLICE OFFICERS' OUTSTANDING WORK IN MAINTAINING LAW AND ORDER, ITS ASSETS HAD GROWN FROM $2.7 MILLION TO $19 MILLION.

TURNING TO THE 322 NEW BURSARY-HOLDERS WHO WERE JUST STARTING THEIR SECONDARY OR TERTIARY EDUCATION, MR HENRY ADVISED THEM TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN AND STRIVE HARD TO ACHIEVE A FULL AND SUCCESSFUL EDUCATION SO THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSUME THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE STUDENTS WERE LATER PRESENTED WITH BURSARY CERTIFICATES BY MRS A.H. VINE, WIFE OF MR PETER VINE WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY BOARD.

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