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SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1993

LADY YOUDE PRESENTS AWARDS TO 768 STUDENTS

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LADY YOUDE TODAY SATURDAY) PRESENTED AWARDS TO WERE GRANTED AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS UNDER THE SIR MEMORIAL FUND.

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768 STUDENTS EDWARD YOUDE

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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SIR QUO-WEI LEE, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL, MR RONALD ARCULLI, ALSO OFFICIATED CEREMONY IN CITY HALL.

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"TODAY, WE ARE MERTING AN OUTSTANDING GROUP OF HONG KONG STUDENTS, SELECTED FOR THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE MEMORIAL AWARDS AFTER MOST VIGOROUS COMPETITION,' LADY YOUDE SAID.

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"THEY REPRESENT THE BEST IN OUR YOUNGER GENERATION, AND IT THEY WHO WILL LEAD HONG KONG INTO A BRIGHT AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE, SAID.

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IN PURSUING THE VERY OBJECTIVE OF THE FUND, WHICH IS то ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION AND LEARNING OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE HONG KONG, THE FUND HAS DISBURSED A TOTAL OF

$7 MILLION FOR 1992/93 ACADEMIC YEAR.

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THESE INCLUDE 12 AWARDS FOR OVERSEAS STUDIES, FOUR MEDALS STUDENTS WHO HAVE OBTAINED OUTSTANDING RESULTS IN PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS, EIGHT AWARDS FOR DISABLED STUDENTS, 80 SCHOLARSHIPS AND 47 FELLOWSHIPS FOR TERTIARY AND POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS AND 617 PRIZES FOR SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.

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COMPETITION FOR THE OVERSEAS FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS EXTREMELY KEEN. TWELVE BRILLIANT STUDENTS, FROM OVER 230 APPLICANTS, HAVE WON THE AWARDS.

THEY WILL

RECEIVE $175,000 A YFAR FOR A FELLOWSHIP AWARD OR $160,000 FOR A SCHOLARSHIP AWARD.

THESE STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO RETURN TO WORK IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS AFTER COMPLETION OF THEIR STUDIES.

THE AWARD RECIPIENTS FOR THE SIX OVERSEAS FELLOWSHIPS ARE:

ACADEMY IN

* MS KATUSHA TSUI, 25, A PAST STUDENT OF THE HONG KONG

FOR PERFORMING ARTS. SHE PLANS TO PURSUE THE CERTIFICATE ADVANCE STUDY (VOCAL STUDIES) AT THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA.

+ MR NG KA-WING, SIMON, 24, A MASTER DEGRER STUDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, PLANS TO PURSUE A DOCTORATE IN TRANSPORT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

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AMY, 23

STUDENT WRITER

MISS TONG YEE-CHING,

A FIRST CLASS HONOURS OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND RESEARCH WITHI TAK TIN TIN DAILY NEWS, INTENDS TO PURSUE A MASTER DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.

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