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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1988

310,000 APPLY FOR STUDENT TRAVEL SUBSIDY

MORE THAN 310,000 APPLICATIONS FOR THE TRAVEL ALLOWANCE PAYABLE UNDER THE NEW STUDENT TRAVEL SCHEME HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF

STUDENTS ATTENDING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

FULL-TIME

THESE APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING PROCESSED BY THE STUDENT TRAVEL ALLOWANCE UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

AND

APPLICATION FORMS ARE OBTAINABLE IN THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, THE TWO APPROVED POST SECONDARY COLLEGES, THE FIVE UNIVERSITY POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE INSTITUTIONS AND THE ACADEMY PERFORMING ARTS.

THE DEADLINE FOR

FOR

THEIR

POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS ΤΟ RETURN

THAT HAVING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT APPLICATION FORMS IS NOVEMBER 4,

MOST IN THE SECOND OF THESE INSTITUTIONS COMMENCED THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR HALF OF SEPTEMBER.

WHO STUDENTS

HAVE NOT

"UNDER THE NEW SCHEME, POST-SECONDARY YET COMPLETED THE FIRST DEGREE COURSE AND ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 ELIGIBLE,' A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

14

PAID

ARE

BE WILL

ACADEMIC

IN

YEAR

ACCOUNTS

OF

"IF EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY, THE ALLOWANCE

THE MID-DECEMBER IN THE FORM OF A LUMP SUM FOR

WHOLE DIRECTLY 1988-89 THROUGH AUTO-PAY FACILITIES

INTO THE

CASE THE APPLICANTS, I.E. PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IN

INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS IN SECONDARY STUDENTS AND ATTENDING POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

T

THE ALLOWANCE IS CALCULATED AS HALF THE

BY OPERATORS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

OF PRIMARY AND THE CASE OF THOSE

AVERAGE FARE CHARGED

BASED ON SURVEYS

CONDUCTED

BY THE WHICH THE

THESE AVERAGE FARES ARE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT FOR JOURNEYS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT IN STUDENT LIVES AND THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED.

INTO ACCOUNT THE

IMPORTANCE

THE SCHEME TAKES EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

OF

FROM SCHOOL AND ASSIST STUDENTS PLACE OF

A IT SUBSIDISES 10 JOURNEYS

WEEK TO AND INCLUDES AN EXTRA PROVISION FOR FOUR TRIPS A WEEK TO

DISTANCE FROM THEIR LIVING IN AN AREA BEYOND THE WALKING STUDY TO TAKE PART IN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

WAS MADE ON THE ACTIVITIES

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE ADDITIONAL PROVISION BASIS THAT MOST OF THE EDUCATION-RELATED EXTRA-CURRICULAR TOOK PLACE IN THE SCHOOL PREMISES AFTER NORMAL SCHOOL HOURS.

/HAVING TAKEN