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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1989

INFORMAL TALKS WERE ALSO HELD WITH

EUROPEAN

COMMISSION OFFICIALS AT WHICH THE HONG KONG OUTLOOK ON THE CABE WAS EXPRESSED AND VIEWS WERE EXCHANGED.

MR HARBINSON SAID: "THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG CAN BE REASSURED THAT AT THE GOVERNMENT LEVEL EVERYTHING POSSIBLE IS BEING DONE TO SAFEGUARD HONG KONG S INTERESTS. THE HONG KONG TEAM IN BRUSSELS IS WORKING VERY HARD INDEED.

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IT IS LIKELY TO TAKE THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONSIDER THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S SUBMISSION.

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"THEY HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT NOT ONLY OUR SUBMISSION BUT ALSO THE OTHER SUBMISSIONS MADE BY THE INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES INVOLVED IN THE CASE, MR HARBINSON SAID.

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"SO IT IS NOT LIKELY WE WILL GET AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. HOWEVER THE BALL IS NOW IN THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S COURT."

SIR EDWARD YOUDE MEMORIAL AWARDS, MEDALS AND PRIZES

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SIX DISABLED STUDENTS TODAY (TUESDAY) BECAME THE FIRST RECIPIENTS OF SPECIAL AWARDS GIVEN BY THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE MEMORIAL FUND COUNCIL.

THEY ARE MR JOSEPH LI JOE-YIN AND MR TAM SAI HUNG OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG; MR YIP SIU-HONG OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG: MR CHUI PONG-HUNG OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC; MR NG PO- TIN OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG; AND MR TAM SAI-NANG OF THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE.

THE SIX AWARD WINNERS ARE ALL PURSUING FIRST DEGREE OR COURSES AT THEIR INSTITUTIONS.

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"THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE MEMORIAL AWARDS FOR DISABLED STUDENTS CONSISTED OF ONE-OFF GRANTS TO ASSIST THE STUDENTS TO ACQUIRE TECHNICAL AIDS OR FACILITIES FOR THEIR STUDIES,

THE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR STEPHEN CHEONG, SAID TODAY.

**THEY ARE GIVEN WITH THE AIM OF ENCOURAGING AND HELPING THE STUDENTS OVERCOME THE EXTRA LEARNING DIFFICULTIES CAUSED BY THEIR DISABILITIES."

THIS YEAR, OVER $85,000 WERE GRANTED TO THE STUDENTS, RANGING FROM $1,400 FOR THE PURCHASE OF A CASSETTE RECORDER TO $55,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF A PORTABLE BRAILLE COMPUTER.

/MR NG