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FOUR promising Hong Kong students have won scholarships from property mogul Lee Shau-kee to study at Oxford University in England.

 They will follow in the footsteps of the 43 previous graduates who have benefited from the Lee Shau Kee Scholarship.

  Wilfred Lee Hok-kong of Heep Woh College, Sally Kwok Hom-siu of Maryknoll Convent School and Ip Sai-chi and Hui Ching-yu of Cheung Chuk Shan College were all thrilled they would be studying at the prestigious university's Wadham College.

  'It all happened so fast. I had my interview with the selection committee in the morning, then I came home and sat by the phone to wait for the news,' said Wilfred, 19, who scored five As in the Hong Kong A and AS level examinations.

  'My whole life seemed different after the phone call saying I'd got the scholarship.'   He will study Physics for three years at Oxford from October.

  Chief Justice Sir Ti Liang Yang chaired the scholarship selection committee comprising Mr Lee and Preliminary Working Committee member Lo Tak-shing.

  Wadham College warden John Flemming and college fellow Dr C. J. Wood attended the interviews as advisers.

  Suzhou-born Sally said studying at Oxford would give her a chance to learn to live 'completely on my own and to gain a different cultural and study experience'.

  The annual scholarship, set up by Mr Lee in 1979, invited applicants after the release of the public exam results in July and attracted 33 applications, of which 18 were selected for interviews.

  Mr Lee, an honorary fellow of Wadham College and chairman of Henderson Land Development, said the scholarship fund spent about $2 million a year helping the Hong Kong students.

  'The fact that half of the 43 graduates under the scholarship have come out with first class honours has convinced us that we're doing something of great contribution to Hong Kong,' he said.

  The scholarship committee considers to what extent the students can afford to cover their own expenses and contributes the outstanding amount.

  At a gathering to celebrate the event, Sir Ti Liang - who has chaired the committee for seven years - said candidates' 'general knowledge about the world' was more important than their academic achievements.

  'It was a worldwide interest that we were looking for in candidates,' he said.

  'These are the things that they can't learn from textbooks but from their interest in their surroundings.'   Mr Lo, a graduate of Wadham College, said the scholarship was one of a kind since, after its selection committee had picked a student, Oxford University had to comply with the decision.



Promising four win scholarships to Oxford college