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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1934

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JAPANESE SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED

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APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR TWO JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES IN JAPAN.

THE AWARDS, OFFERED UNDER THE MONBUSHO SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME 1985, ARE NORMALLY TENABLE FOR FIVE YEARS FROM APRIL 1985 TO MARCH 1990. THEY WILL COVER TUITION, ACCOMMODATION, LIVING EXPENSES AND RETURN PASSAGE.

APPLICANTS MUST BE AT LEAST 17 BUT UNDER 22 YEARS OF AGE BY APRIL 1, 1985, AND HAVE COMPLETED EITHER THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG

OR KONG OR CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS, POSSESS HIGHER QUALIFICATIONS.

STUDENTS WHO HAVE PASSED IN TWO ADVANCED LEVEL AND THREE ORDINARY LEVEL SUBJECTS, OR IN THREE ADVANCED LEVEL AND ONE ORDINARY LEVEL SUBJECTS, AT THE GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM MAY ALSO APPLY.

APPLICANTS NEED NOT HAVE PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF JAPANESE. BUT THEY MUST BE WILLING TO RECEIVE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE MEDIUM OF JAPANESE.

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 SUCH OTHER SUBJECTS AS ARE NECESSARY TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE +GAKUSHI+ (BACHELOR'S) DEGREE COURSE.

A GRANTEE WHO HAS COMPLETED THIS COURSE WILL GO ON TO A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY IF HE PASSES THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION CONDUCTED BY THE UNIVERSITY.

MONBUSHO, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY CONCERNED AND THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL, WILL DECIDE ON THE UNIVERSITY TO WHICH A GRANTEE SHOULD APPLY FOR ADMISSION.

APPLICATION FORMS AND FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE SE SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE COURSES OF STUDY AVAILABLE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BRANCH OFFICE, ROOM 1522, LEIGHTON CENTRE,

77 LEIGHTON ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG.

COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE SECTION BY JULY 13.

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