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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1983

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HK BENEFITS FROM SINO-BRITISH TRUST FUND

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HONG KONG HAD BENEFITED ENORMOUSLY FROM THE SINO-BRITISH FELLOWSHIP TRUST FOUNDED BY MAJOR CHARLES FRANKLAND MOORE IN 1947, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

MR HAYE POINTED OUT THAT THE TRUST FUND AND ASSOCIATED SCHOLARSHIPS WERE SET UP TO FOSTER THE TIES BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF CHINA AND BRITAIN AND TO HELP CHINESE STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES IN BRITAIN TO COMPLETE THEIR STUDIES AND RETURN HOME TO HONG KONG TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

+WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME THE TRUST HAS GROWN TO ENABLE THE AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO POSTGRADUATES OF CHINESE ORIGIN TO FURTHER THE IR STUDIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

+HONG KONG HAS BENEFITED ENORMOUSLY FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST AND SINCE THE SETTING UP OF THE FUND MORE THAN 350 SCHOLARS IN HONG KONG HAVE BENEFITED, THE DIRECTOR SAID.

MR HAYE WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE SINO-BRITISH FELLOWSHIP TRUST SCHOLARS' ASSOCIATION AWARDS.

THE WIDOW OF MR MOORE, DR ELIZABETH MOORE, WAS ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY.

TO COMMEMORATE DR MOORE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG, THE SINO- BRITISH FELLOWSHIP TRUST SCHOLARS' ASSOCIATION, IN ADDITION TO THE ANNUAL CHARLES FRANKLAND MOORE AWARD FOR THE MOST OUTSTANDING CANDIDATE IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION, HAS GIVEN FIVE ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS THIS YEAR.

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A DONATION OF $4 000 TO SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BOOK AWARD TO BE GIVEN ANNUALLY TO THE BEST STUDENT IN THE COLLEGE'S SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT;

AN AWARD OF $2 000 EACH TO THE BEST STUDENT IN THE CURRENT YEAR CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION WITH OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES IN BUDDHIST STUDIES AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES RESPECTIVELY;

AN AWARD OF $2 000 TO THE BEST STUDENT RECOMMENDED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL; AND

AN AWARD OF $2 000 TO THE BEST STUDENT AMONG HANDICAPPED STUDENTS IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

MR HAYE ANNOUNCED THAT THIS YEAR'S CHARLES FRANKLAND MOORE AWARD WENT TO MISS KAM YEE TSUI OF YING WA GIRLS' SCHOOL.

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