Bulletin Vol. 3 No. 11 Jun 1967

Hong Kong Government Social Wor k Bursaries Public funds are now available for the award of bursary grants to students in the third and fourth years of the B.S.Sc. (major in social work) course at The Chinese University. The total amount approved has been calculated on the basis of ten bursaries for students in the third year of the course and a further ten bursaries for students in the fourth year, of a maximum of $3,500 each, totalling 20 bursaries every year. 1. Grants w ill be made strictly on the basis of need of the individual student's family and w ill in no instance exceed the sum of $3,500 per year; this sum is a maximum and it is not envisaged that the fu ll amount w ill normally be necessary. I f there are more than ten students accepted in either the third or fourth year of the course in financial need, additional bursaries may be considered, as long as the total amount provided is not over- committed, for the current or the succeeding year. 2. The parents of the prospective bursar w ill be required to provide an affidavit in the form provided (detailing the family's assets, income and ex penditure), to substantiate the applicant's need for financial support during studies. 3. Each prospective bursar w ill be required to under go a medical examination (Chest X-ray only) ； examinations to be arranged at a Government Clinic w ith the assistance of his Department. 4. Bursaries granted in the third year w ill be reviewed by a selection board before renewal for the fourth year. 5. Each bursar w ill be required to sign a form of undertaking, agreeing to refund the whole of the bursary under certain conditions and to provide an acceptable guarantor. 6. Each bursar w ill be provided w ith a copy of the signed undertaking for his or her own use; and copies w ill be sent to the guarantor and to the Director of Social Welfare Department, 7. Application forms may be obtained from College Registries to which completed forms should be submitted on or before 15th July, 1967. C. K. LAW MEMOR IAL SCHOLARSHIPS The University received on June 13 from friends of the late M r. C.K. Law, a former Assistant Director of Education, a cheque for the amount of $90,413.30 to be established as a scholarship fund in memory of M r. Law. The income from the amount w ill provide four scholarships, each of the value of $1,500 per annum, available to three fourth-year students in the Department of Chinese, awarded on the results of Part I Degree Examination taken in their third year, and one needy postgraduate student w ith outstanding performance in his first year. BR IT ISH COUNC IL PRESENTATION OF BOOKS The British Council, as in previous years, recently donated a gift of books to the University for the current year to the value of £ 3,000. The distribution of the sum w ill be £ 600 to the University Library and £800 each to the three College Libraries. This is the third time the Council has presented a donation of books to the University, APPO INTMENT OF EXTERNAL EXAM INER In view of the fact that Prof. Cheng Ch'eng-K'un, Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawaii, w ill be travelling across Europe during the summer months and has indicated that he w ill not be able to scrutinize the scripts of our candidates, the Board of Studies in Sociology has recommended Prof. Ling Shun-sheng as Co-External Examiner to scrutinize the candidates' scripts and to determine the final assessments. Prof. Ling is the Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Institute of Ethnology of Academia Sinica of the Republic of China, Taiwan. URBAN FAM ILY L IFE SURVEY A t a press conference held on June 8, D r. Robert E. M itchell, Director of the University's Social Survey Research Centre, announced that during the summer months, over 100 students of the University w ill be helping the Urban Family Life Survey to answer the question “ How does industrial employment and crowded housing affect the health of individuals and the welfare of families?” The Survey is an independent non-governmental study being conducted by the Centre. Hundreds of Hong Kong citizens from every walk of life have been helping scholars w ithin the University plan for this important community study. A t the present time, households are being visited and information is being collected so that scientific samples can be drawn that w ill represent the entire community. In this phase of the research, people w ill be asked only a few very simple questions: whether they have tap water, a flush toilet, the size of their flat, and the sex and ages of the family members living in the flat. Only five to ten minutes w ill be necessary for each interview. A few weeks later, a smaller number of people w ill be asked more detailed questions about their physical health, housing, occupation, and the meaning of an urban industrial life for themselves and their families. 3