Taiwan/ROC PIF Scholarship funds
PRESS STATEMENT (22 /O8)
27th March 2008 TAIWAN/ROC-PIF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat received US$167,538 for the implementation of Taiwan/ROC scholarship awards for the first half of 2008. It is the latest annual contribution to the scheme since its inception in 2001. The funds were presented by Taiwan’s Acting Trade Representative in Suva, Fiji, Mr Victor Chin, to the Secretariat’s Acting Secretary General, Feleti Teo. Thirteen scholarships have been awarded this year to students from the Kiribati (1), Nauru (2), Republic of Marshall Islands (1), Tuvalu (2), Palau (1), Solomon Islands (1), Niue (1), Samoa (1), Vanuatu (1), Fiji (1) and Federated States of Micronesia (1). The programmes of study covers certificate, diploma and undergraduate courses in law, education, resource management, engineering, medicine, hospitality & tourism and marine studies. There are currently 26 recipients under the Scheme and majority of the students are studying at local and regional institutions. Ends. For more information, please contact Ms Vuki Buadromo, the Forum Secretariat’s Scholarship Assistant on phone 679 331 2600 or email: vukib@forumsec.org.fj |
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