Forty talented professionals received awards worth about $800,000 from the Careers Post/Hongkong Telecom Scholarships scheme at a ceremony held last week in Tai Po at the Morning Post Centre, the new headquarters of the South China Morning Post.
The scholarships aim to help young, employed professionals to acquire new skills and knowledge needed to realise their career goals. Since its launch in 1992, the scheme has funded the career development of more than 200 professionals.
More than $2.6 million worth of awards have been granted so far under this popular scheme, now in its fifth year.
The Deputy Chief Executive of the South China Morning Post, Owen Jonathan, said that he hoped the scheme would help young professionals to develop their careers to the full and inspire them to contribute to Hong Kong's success.
'Of course, our newspaper looks forward to recording in its columns your career achievements in the years to come,' Mr Jonathan said.
He said that this year, the scheme attracted the highest number of applicants - more than 500.
