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students, two certificate students and three arts students at the Hong Kong University and thirty-one social work students at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

101. Scholarships are also needed to attract students of the highest calibre to pursue further studies in the social work course, to qualify them as professional workers. In 1964 the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation presented very handsome endowments to the two universities, sufficient to provide each with an income of about HK$25,000 a year for scholarships in social work. In 1965, the first awards of scholarships were made to nine students, four in the Univer- sity of Hong Kong to take the diploma course and five in the Chinese University of Hong Kong to enable them to continue their social work training. In 1966 awards were made to eleven students, six in the University of Hong Kong to take the diploma course and five in the Chinese University of Hong Kong; one a renewal and four new awards.

102. During the year under review seven officers of the department completed study courses of which six were held in overseas universities and one in the University of Hong Kong. These included a post-graduate diploma course in social studies at the University of Hong Kong, the international training course of the UNAFE Institute for Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders at Tokyo, a study programme in the United States of America sponsored by American National Social Welfare Assembly, an applied social studies course at the London School of Economics, an advanced course in residential care and education of children at the University of Newcastle, a psychiatric social work course at the University of Manchester and a MA degree course in teaching the mentally retarded at New York University.

103. At the end of March eleven officers were still engaged in studies abroad on courses for Master of Social Work at the Universities of British Columbia, Toronto, McGill, Cleveland Western Reserve and Hawaii; diploma in social studies at Swansea; diploma in social leader- ship at Coady International Institute, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; and the international training course of the UNAFE Institute for Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders at Tokyo. Two officers were studying in the University of Hong Kong for the certificate in social studies.

104. The effect that these training facilities have had on the qualifica- tions of staff in the department may be judged by Appendix 22 which

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