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SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 908

MINIMUS WAIVERS IN AND LIGHTER PARTS.

LAST YEAR, HE

BREN GRANTED DE HOWEVER, HONG KONG HAD RESPECT OF 17 PRODUCTS, INCLUDING IVORY ARTICLES IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS AMOUNTED TO US$32.1 MILLION ADDED.

TWO OTHER ITEMS PRE-PROGRAMMED DIGITAL THESE TWO ITEMS LAST

ALSO, HONG KONG WOULD LOSE ELIGIBILITY IN

ELECTRICAL TRANSCEIVERS AND

ARTICLES USING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, HE SAID. U.S. IMPORTS OF YEAR WERE US$40.9 MILLION.

HAD BREN REMOVED U.S. IMPORTS OF

LASTLY, ONE ITEM, NAMELY CAST IRON FITTINGS, FROM THE GSP LIST FOR ALL BENEFICIARIES. LAST YEAR, THIS ITEM FROM HONG KONG WERE VALUED AT US$ 1.0 MILLION.

APPLICATION OPEN FOR JOINT UK-HK GOVERNMENT FUNDING SCHEME

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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE JOINT FUNDING SCHEME FOR THE 1988-89 ACADEMIC YEAR WILL BE OPEN TO APPLICATION FROM MONDAY, APRIL 11, THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY).

THE SCHEME IS JOINTLY FINANCED BY THE HONG KONG AND UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENTS TO HELP NERDY HONG KONG STUDENTS MEET THE HIGH TUITION FEES CHARGED ON OVERSEAS STUDENTS IN THE UK.

IT IS OPEN TO HONG KONG STUDENTS PURSUING FULL-TIME FIRST DEGREE OR HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA COURSES AT UNIVERSITIES, POLYTECHNICS AND MAINTAINED COLLEGES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN THE UK, SUBJECT TO THEIR HAVING RESIDED CONTINUOUSLY OR BEEN DOMICILED IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO COURSE COMMENCEMENT.

THE SCHEME IS MEANS-TESTED AND THE MAXIMUM LEVel of ASSISTANCE IS THE FULL DIFFERENCE OF TUITION FEES PAYABLE BY AN OVERSEAS STUDENT AND A BRITISH HOME STUDENT STUDYING THE SAME COURSE.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OFFERED TO SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL ВЕ IN THE FORM OF GRANTS, BUT IF THE TOTAL REQUIREMENT EXCEEDS THE JOINT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE TWO GOVERNMENTS, THEN BACH SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT'S SHARE OF GRANT WOULD BE PROPORTIONATELY REDUCED, WITH THE BALANCE MADE UP BY AN INTEREST-FREE LOAN SOLELY FINANCED BY THE KONG GOVERNMENT.

HONG

/APPLICATION FORMS