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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1989

SIR ROBERT BLACK TRUST FUND INVITES APPLICATIONS

THE SIR ROBERT BLACK TRUST FUND COMMITTEE WILL SHORTLY BE INVITING APPLICATIONS FOR A NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND TRAINING GRANTS UNDER THE FUND FOR 1989-90.

THE TRUST FUND, WHICH WAS SET UP IN 1961, IS ONE OF THE SIX TRUST FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINSTRATION (CNTA).

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A CNTA SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT ADVERTISEMENTS BE PLACED IN NEWSPAPERS ON FEBRUARY 20 AND 21 ΤΟ INVITE APPLICATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND TRAINING GRANTS UNDER THE SIR ROBERT BLACK TRUST FUND.

"THE PRIMARY AIM OF THESE AWARDS IS ΤΟ PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT, WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR POTENTIAL TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE QUALITIES OF PERSONAL LEADERSHIP, TO DEVELOP THEIR INITIATIVE AND CHARACTER, 50 THAT THEY MAY ACQUIRE GREATER SOCIAL USEFULNESS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

OF PROVEN IMPACT ON

"PRIORITY WILL THEREFORE BE GIVEN ΤΟ CANDIDATES ABILITY AND EXPERIENCE IN FIELDS WHICH HAVE SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY LIFE, SUCH AS JOURNALISM, SOCIAL WORK, EDUCATION, ARTS, AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, HE ADDED.

APPLICATIONS WILL CLOSE ON MARCH 23. FURTHER ENQUIRES CAN MADE BY TELEPHONING THE CNTA TRUST FUND SECTION ON 3-7337825.

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THE SPOKESMAN SAID OVER $16 MILLION IS EXPECTED TO BE PAID THIS FINANCIAL YEAR UNDER THE SIX TRUST FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE CNTA.

"THE BENEFICIARIES, EXPECTED TO TOTAL MORE THAN 2,000, INCLUDE STUDENTS AS WELL AS WORKERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF ACCIDENT VICTIMS," HE SAID.

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FOUR OF THE TRUST FUNDS ARE SET UP IN THE NAMES OF FOUR FORMER GOVERNORS THE GRANTHAM SCHOLARSHIPS FUND, THE SIR

ROBERT LACK TRUST FUND, THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE MEMORIAL FUND AND THE SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE TRUST FUND.

THE FIRST THREE TRUST FUNDS ARE SET UP MAINLY ΤΟ GRANT SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS AT SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY LEVELS, WHILE THE SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE TRUST FUND IS AIMED AT FINANCING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

THE FIFTH TRUST FUND IS THE LI PO CHUN CHARITABLE TRUST FUND. APART FROM GRANTING SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS. THE FUND) ALSO PROVIDES FINANCIAL RELIEF TO PEOPLE IN DISTRESS. THIS IS DONE IN LIAISON WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.

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