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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1988

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WATER STORAGE FIGURE

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 45.1 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 264.145 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 433.087 CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 73.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

MILLION

APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR UK/HK SCHOLARSHIPS

THE UK/HK

SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE TODAY APPLICATIONS FOR THE UK/HK SCHOLARSHIPS FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE

YEAR.

(MONDAY) INVITED UNDERGRADUATE AND 1989-90 ACADEMIC

THE SCHOLARSHIPS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR OUTSTANDING LOCAL STUDENTS WITH HIGH ACADEMIC PROWESS, STRONG LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AND FULL COMMITMENT ΤΟ HONG KONG AND TO ITS FUTURE WELL-BEING.

THE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL FINANCE STUDENTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES LEADING TO A FIRST DEGREE OR FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES LEADING TO A HIGHER DEGREE EITHER BY RESEARCH OR BY COURSEWORK OR BOTH.

SELECTED SCHOLARS MAY PURSUE ANY COURSE OF STUDY AT ANY ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

THE SCHOLARSHIP MONEY WILL NORMALLY INCLUDE UNIVERSITY COMPOSITION FEE, AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE AND ASSISTANCE FOR AIR TRAVEL.

SUITABLE CANDIDATES WILL BE INTERVIEWED BY THE UK/HK SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE AND SELECTION WILL BE BY MERIT.

SPEAKING AT A RECEPTION FOR THIS YEAR'S UK-BOUND SCHOLARS AT THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAPPY VALLEY CLUBHOUSE TODAY, CHAIRMAN OF THE UK/HK SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE, MR HENRY LITTON, SAID: "ALL THE SCHOLARS WHO WERE SELECTED FOR THE 1988-89 ACADEMIC YEAR SHOWED A STRONG SENSE OF COMMITMENT TO CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HONG KONG."

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