Annual Report 2003–04

Scholarships and Financial Assistance During the period under review, the total amount given out in the form of scholarships and financial assistance for students was HK$39.99 million, of which HK$27.10 million was administered by the Office of Student Affairs and the rest by the four colleges. A total of 1,765 scholarships and prizes administered by the University and the colleges, with an aggregate value of HK$19.61 million, was awarded to students with outstanding academic achievements. Sixty-seven of these scholarships worth a total of HK$2.03 million were awarded to students with outstanding performance in the HKCEE who were admitted via the Early Admissions Scheme. Of the 718 University awards administered by the Office of Student Affairs, about three per cent carried a value sufficient to cover the annual tuition fee of HK$42,100 or more. About HK$3.37 million was granted to 92 students for participating in University-arranged exchange programmes, postgraduate studies, conferences and overseas study tours. Meantime 132 students from the mainland were awarded scholarships involving HK$12.28 million to study in Hong Kong. In 2003-4, HK$3.61 million was given out in the form of loans and HK$1.12 million in the form of bursaries to help those students who failed to benefit from the government's Local Student Finance Scheme. During the same period, 901 students benefited from the Student Campus Work Schemes and the Outward Bound Programmes sponsored by the University and the colleges. HK$1.93 million was disbursed. Student Counselling and Development Service The Student Counselling and Development Service provided a wide range of preventive, remedial and developmental counselling services and programmes for students. Close to 400 students benefited from individual counselling service while around 3,600 students attended the various developmental programmes organized by the service during the year. This year, 'Pursuing Personal Growth in the University' was the theme of the annual Self-Enhancement Campaign for Freshmen. The campaign included presentations on college general education classes, health survey, follow- up counselling, and the publication of a self-help brochure. 九百六十一萬港元。其中六十七名會考成績優異 並經「優先錄取計劃」入學的新生，獲得獎學金總 額達二百零三萬港元。由學生事務處管理的獎學 金及優異獎共七百一十八項，其中百分之三的金 額超過四萬二千一百港元，足以支付得獎者的全 年學費。 另有九十二名學生獲頒獎學金，到海外參加交換 計劃、會議、交流團，以及修讀硏究院課程，金 額約共三百三十七萬港元。一百三十二名內地生 獲頒獎學金來校攻讀，金額共一千二百二十八萬 港元。 雖然大部分需要經濟援助的學生，都可獲政府的 本地專上學生資助計劃資助，但仍有小部分學生 基於種種原因須向大學求助。本年度校方為學生 提供貸款共三百六十一萬港元，另助學金一百一 十五萬港元，解決他們的經濟困難。 此外，九百零一名學生曾參加大學或書院贊助的 學生工讀計劃和外展訓練課程，共領取津貼一百 九十三萬港元。 學生輔導及發展 大學繼續為學生提供多項預防、治療及促進個人 成長的心理輔導服務及活動，有近四百名學生接 Presentation ceremony of the Yang Chen-ning Scholarships 學生及校友 Students and Alumni 71