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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1997

+TERTIARY EDUCATION ENCOURAGES INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY, CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING AND SHOULD PRODUCE FUTURE LEADERS VITAL FOR THE CONTINUED PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG.+

MR CHAN WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF BURSARY CERTIFICATES OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES CHILDREN'S EDUCATION TRUST AT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY.

THE EDUCATION TRUST FUND WAS SET UP IN 1983 TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT OFFICERS AND EQUIVALENT GRADES.

IT WAS INITIALLY FUNDED BY A GENEROUS DONATION FROM THE MR PRESIDENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION, WILLIAM MONG.

AN INVESTMENT ADVISORY BOARD HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH SIR OSWALD CHEUNG, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AS CHAIRMAN, AND MR PETER VINE AND MR AUBREY LI AS MEMBERS, TO THE ADVISE THE TRUST COMMITTEE ON INVESTMENTS OF THE FUND. INCOME EARNED IS USED AS BURSARIES.

AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE TO THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY BOARD FOR PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND IN ENSURING THAT THE BURSARIES ARE ALLOCATED IN A FAIR AND EFFECTIVE WAY.+

MR CHAN SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO NOTE THAT WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REVISED CRITERIA FOR THE GRANT OF BURSARIES. ASSISTANT OFFICERS AND EQUIVALENT GRADES WHO HAD RETIRED SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS TRUST FUND WERE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

ELEVEN STAFF MEMBERS WHOSE CHILDREN ARE STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITIES, POLYTECHNICS AND POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES, OR ARE HANDICAPPED, RECEIVED THE BURSARY CERTIFICATES AND CHEQUES FROM MRS WILLIAM MONG IN THE PRESENTATION.

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GERRY HIGGINSON, WILL MEET THE MEDIA ON MONDAY (MARCH 2) AŤ 3 PM IN THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL.

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