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About The Zubin Foundation
HKSAR GOVERNMENT – FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SCHEMES
• Means-tested for Publicly-funded Programmes Full-time • For students taking up exclusively UGC-funded or publiclyfunded full-time programmes.
• Non means-tested for Publicly-funded Programmes Full-time • For students pursuing programmes covered under the Tertiary
Student Finance Scheme - Publicly-funded Programmes (TSFS).
• Means-tested for Self-financing Programmes Full-time • For students taking up full-time, locally-accredited, selffinancing post-secondary education programmes.
• Non-means-tested for Self-financing Programmes Full-time • For students pursuing programmes covered under Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-Secondary Students (FASP).
Extended Non-Means-Tested Loan Scheme (ENLS)
• Non means-tested for Self-financing Programmes Full-time /
Part-time • For students pursuing specific post-secondary / continuing and professional education courses provided in Hong Kong
Student Travel Subsidy for Tertiary or Post-Secondary Students
• Means-tested for Full-time • For successful applicants of TSFS and FASP, attend full-time day courses up to first degree level and reside beyond 10 minutes walking distance from student’s normal place of study and travel to school by public transportation.
Community Care Fund Assistance Programmes
• Means-tested for Full-time • Providing hostel subsidy for needy undergraduate students • Increasing the academic expenses grant under the Financial
Assistance Scheme for Post-Secondary Students (FASP) • Enhancing the academic expenses grant for students with special educational needs and financial needs pursuing postsecondary programmes
Source: https://www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/sfo/en/postsecondary/index.htm (Student Finance Office, Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency)
Find the Scheme
Source: https://www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/sfo/en/postsecondary/index.htm (Student Finance Office, Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency)
ABOUT US
About The Zubin Foundation
The Zubin Foundation is a think tank and registered charity in Hong Kong (IR 91/12344), named after Zubin Mahtani Gidumal. We aim at improving the lives of Hong Kong’s ethnic minorities by reducing suffering and providing opportunities. The Zubin Foundation relies on donations from individuals, corporations and foundations to fund its work. For more information, please visit: www.zubinfoundation.org.
The Zubin Foundation’s Services and Projects at a Glance
(October 2022)
Ways to help The Zubin Foundation & Ethnic Minority Youth Acknowledgements
• Share this directory - Share with family, friends, co-workers, peers, students, educators, facilitators, schools, businesses, and community organisations.
Wherever youth are, we want them to have access to this resource. • If you know of a scholarship/bursary/award that is not included in this directory, share with us by email at oppbank@zubinfoundation.org. • If there are any changes to the scholarship details, please inform us by email at oppbank@zubinfoundation.org and so it can be updated accordingly. • Support The Zubin Foundation by making a donation. The Zubin Foundation relies on donations from individuals, corporations and foundations to fund its work. For more information, please visit: www.zubinfoundation.org. • For questions, feedback, collaboration, media requests, or more information about the Scholarship Directory, Opportunity Bank or The Zubin Foundation, please get in touch with us.
Researcher
Hajra Batool Sajjad Raheela
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Hajra Batool Sajjad Raheela
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The Zubin Foundation is a registered charity in Hong Kong (IR 91/12344), named after Zubin Mahtani Gidumal. We aim at improving the lives of Hong Kong’s ethnic minorities by reducing suffering and providing opportunities. We do this by outreach in the community and driving systemic change.
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