Grants approved

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The Joint Management Committees for the Police Children's Education Trust (PCET) and the Police Education and Welfare Trust (PE&WT) met on January 19 to approve applications for scholarships, bursaries and compassionate/disabilities grants for academic year 2006/2007 with a budget of $5.9 million.

Of the 74 scholarship awardees, 39 have won the Scholarship for Outstanding Secondary Six Students, 34 Outstanding Year One University Students and one the Providence Foundation Medical Scholarship for Year One Medical Student.

In addition, 442 bursary applications and 212 compassionate and disabilities grants were approved at the meeting. Disbursement of the scholarships, bursaries and grants will start in February 2007. A ceremony will be held this summer to present certificates to the scholarship awardees. Details will be announced in due course.

For enquiries, call PCET and PE&WT Secretariat at 2860-3242.