XN000022-1995-06-07 — Page 6

- 5 -

Scholarships for agriculture and fisheries studies

**

Eligible students are invited to apply for financial assistance under the Agricultural Products Scholarship Fund and the Marine Fish Scholarship Fund from tomorrow (Thursday).

The assistance can be in the form of scholarship, grants and interest-free loans from the two funds which are administered by the Agriculture and Fisheries. Department (AFD).

Announcing this today (Wednesday), a spokesman for the Agricultural Product and Marine Fish Scholarship Funds Advisory Committee said application forms would be available tomorrow from the AFD Headquarters on the 12th floor of Canton Road Government Offices, 393 Canton Road, and from various District Agricultural and Fisheries Liaison Offices.

Applications for tertiary education subsidies in the new academic year will close on July 18 while those for secondary school students will close on August 16.

The spokesman said the funds were set up in 1978 to help people wishing to serve the local agriculture and fisheries industries or related trades on completion of their studies, and also those employed in the industries wishing to pursue further training.

"Another aim of the funds is to provide financial assistance to children or dependants of farming and fishing families to complete their tertiary and secondary schooling," he said.

"Applicants in tertiary education should be Hong Kong residents under 30 years of age while secondary school applicants should be students in Secondary four or

seven.

"The awards will be tenable at any university in Hong Kong, any acceptable overseas institution and any secondary school in the territory."

Approved courses for tertiary education include those on agriculture, veterinary science, marine science and biology or any applied science directly relevant to the local agriculture or fisheries and related trades.

Enquiries about the funds and application procedures can be made on tel 2733 2244 during office hours.

End/Wednesday, June 7, 1995