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SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1990

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NINE MR CHAN WAI-KIN OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE WHO SCORED ONE B IN THE HKCEE

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MR CHUNG WING-YUNG OF NEW ASIA MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO SCORED FIVE A'S, ONE B AND ONE C IN THE HONG KONG HIGH LEVEL EXAMINATION (HKHLE) (SCIENCE STREAM)

MISS LAU YIN-YEE OF CANOSSA COLLEGE WHO SCORED FOUR A'S AND ONE C IN THE HKHLE (ARTS STREAM)

MISS FUNG CHUI-YEE OF KING'S COLLEGE WHO SCORED FIVE A'S IN THE HONG KONG ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATION (HKALE) (SCIENCE STREAM)

MISS HELENA CHUNG YAN-YAN OF ST PAUL'S SECONDARY SCHOOL WHO SCORED FOUR A'S IN THE HKALE (ARTS STREAM)

SIX STUDENTS WITH VARIOUS DISABILITIES WERE GIVEN GRANTS AMOUNTING TO $105,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF TECHNICAL AIDS AND SERVICES.

THEY ARE MR WONG HA AND MR JOSEPH LI JOE-YIN, BOTH STUDENTS OF HKU, MR POON KWOK-LEUNG OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (CUHK); MR CHAN CHI-HUNG OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC (HKP); MR NG PO-TIN OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG (CPHK); AND MR LEUNG KWOK-WING OF THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE (HKBC).

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WE SINCERELY HOPE THAT THIS SCHEME WILL PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL ENCOURAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE TO OVERCOME ADDITIONAL OBSTACLES IN THEIR PURSUIT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, MR CHEONG SAID.

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"THE AWARD SCHEME FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS AT LOCAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE STUDENTS ENROLLED WITH THE FOUR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AS WELL AS THE TWO POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES OF LINGNAN AND SHUE YAN,

"SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR STUDIES AT ALL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, THEREBY OFFERING THE WIDEST POSSIBLE CHOICE FOR OUR STUDENTS."

UNDER THIS SCHEME, A TOTAL OF 38 POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS WERE AWARDED FELLOWSHIPS, WHICH ARE WORTH $25,000 EACH. AMONG THEM, 19 ARE FROM HKU; 11 FROM CUHK; FOUR FROM HKP; THREE FROM CPHK AND ONE FROM HKBC.

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SEVENTY UNDERGRADUATE AND DIPLOMA STUDENTS WERE ALSO AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALLING $700,000. OF THESE, 14 STUDENTS ARE FROM HKU; 13 FROM CUHK; 14 FROM HKP; EIGHT FROM CPHK; SIX FROM HKBC; THREE FROM SHUE YAN COLLEGE, LINGNAN COLLEGE, NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION; TWO FROM GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ONE FROM HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE.

IN ADDITION, 560 SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVED SIR EDWARD YOUDE MEMORIAL PRIZES AMOUNTING TO $224,000. THEY WERE ALL NOMINATED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE PRINCIPALS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN

BOTH STUDIES AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS.

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