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SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1992

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* MISS ISABELLA VINCENT CHAN, 18, OF GERMAN SWISS INTERNATIONAL

SCHOOL, SCORED EIGHT DISTINCTIONS AND ONE CREDIT AT HKCEE. ASPIRES TO BECOME A FILM DIRECTOR AND JOURNALIST AFTER HER STUDY IN CINEMA-TV & JOURNALISM IN USA.

* MISS LEE CHEUK-WAH, ADA, 17, OF MARYKNOLL CONVENT SCHOOL OBTAINED, NINE DISTINCTIONS AND ONE CREDIT AT HKCEE. SHE PLANS TO STUDY ECONOMICS IN USA OR CANADA.

* MISS TAI KA-PUI, 18, OF ST. MARY'S CANOSSIAN COLLEGE, WHO SCORED SIX DISTINCTIONS AND TWO CREDITS IN HKCEE, INTENDS TO STUDY ECONOMICS AT CAMBRIDGE.

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"THEY ARE ALL YOUNG PEOPLE STRONGLY COMMITTED TO THE FUTURE OF KONG, MR CHEONG SAID, "WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT, WHEN THEY RETURN THEIR OVERSEAS STUDIES, THEY WILL BECOME LEADERS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PROFESSIONS AND OF OUR COMMUNITY."

HONG FROM

THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE MEMORIAL FUND ALSO AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS OF $2,500 EACH TO FIVE STUDENTS WHO OBTAINED RESULTS IN 1991 PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. THEY ARE :

MEDALS AND OUTSTANDING

* MISS CHAN KA-YEE, MARIA OF DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL WHO SCORED

10AS IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.

* MR CHAN HANG-FUNG OF PUI CHING MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO SCORED 7AS IN

THE HONG KONG HIGHER LEVEL EXAMINATION (SCIENCE STREAM).

* MISS CHU SHENG-HUA, ALSO OF PUI CHING MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHO SCORED

5AS IN THE HONG KONG HIGHER LEVEL EXAMINATION (ARTS STREAM).

* MR

MAK WAH-SUNG, VINCENT OF ST PAUL'S COLLEGE WHO SCORED 5AS IN THE HONG KONG ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATION (SCIENCE STREAM).

* MISS LEE SIU-MUI OF TSUEN WAN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL WHO SCORED 4AS IN THE HONG KONG ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATION (ARTS STREAM).

MR CHEONG SAID THE AWARD SCHEME FOR DISABLED STUDENTS WHICH CAME IN FORCE IN 1988-89 HAD BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE DISABLED STUDENTS AT SENIOR SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY LEVELS IN ADDITION TO THOSE IN THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS. NINE DISABLED STUDENTS INCLUDING FOUR AT SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL WERE AWARDED GRANTS AMOUNTING TO $91,020 FOR THE PURCHASE OF TECHNICAL AIDS FOR THEIR PURSUIT OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

UNDER THE LOCAL FELLOWSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES, 42 STUDENTS WERE AWARDED FELLOWSHIP WORTH $30,000 EACH. 83 AND DIPLOMA STUDENTS WERE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP WORTH

POSTGRADUATE UNDERGRADUATE $12,000 EACH.

BESIDES, 600 SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVED THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE MEMORIAL PRIZES AMOUNTING TO $300,000.

/THEY WERE