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Tao Cheuk Shing, a teacher at the Buddhist Wong Wan
Tin College, explained that the Fund did not cover senior
secondary students in the past, so students were not provided
with subsidies once they got to senior grades and had to give up
the activities in which they had been participating. He greatly
approves of the new initiatives to extend the Fund to cover
these students. “Under the new scheme, eligible students will
no longer be limited to those receiving the Comprehensive
Social Security Assistance and full grant under the Student
Financial Assistance Scheme,” he added. “This provides
schools with more flexibility to allocate subsidies to benefit
students with financial difficulties.”
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William Y Yiu, Executive Director, Charities of The
Hong Kong Jockey Club, said that all students should enrich
their learning through different activities when they are young,
so as to gain more experience and fully realise their potential.
“The establishment of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Life-Wide
Learning Fund and the extension to cover activities held in
mainland China and overseas from September 2007 onwards
allows students to participate in activities such as exchange
programmes and cross-border expeditions,” Yiu said. “It is
hoped that all primary and secondary students will be given
equal opportunities to learn outside the classroom.”
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ABOUT THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB LIFE-WIDE LEARNING FUND
Set up in 2002 with a donation of over HK$140 million from the
Club’s Charities Trust, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Life-Wide
Learning Fund originally provided financial support to students
from Primary Four to Secondary Three, benefiting 90% of
primary, secondary and special schools in Hong Kong.
In September 2007, the Trust injected a further HK$260
million to extend the Fund’s coverage to include students at
all primary and secondary school levels, from Primary One to
Secondary Seven. Under the new scheme, beneficiaries will no
longer be limited to students who are receiving full Student
Financial Assistance Agency grants or Comprehensive Social
Security Assistance (CSSA). In addition, schools were given
greater flexibility to allocate subsidies to benefit other needy
students.
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Website: www.edb.gov.hk/cd/lwl
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