Rajah of S’wak Fund for educating selected kids
Published on: Monday, February 01, 1932
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The following memorandum, which has been prepared on behalf of the Trustees of the Rajah of Sarawak Fund for the purpose of supplying to the oversea Administrations concerned a summary of information of the scope of the Trust and the method of application for benefit, is published for general information :—
“A Fund has recently been established by His Highness the Rajah of Sarawak, G.C.M.G., for the purpose of assisting in the education of children of certain Colonial Civil Servants.
“Candidates eligible for such assistance must be children of European descent whose parents are British subjects, one of whom is or was a higher Civil Servant (serving, retired, or deceased) of any Colony, Protectorate, or Protected State in or associated by treaty or otherwise with the British Empire, or any Mandated Territory in respect of which the Mandate is exercised by His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, but not of self-governing Dominions nor the Indian Empire nor Protected States within that Empire.
“In considering application, for assistance, account will be taken amongst other things, of the character and general ability of the candidate and the financial circumstances of the parents or guardian.
“Preference will be given, in the first place, to suitable candidates (if any) one of whose parents is opt was in the Sarawak Government Service, and, in the second place, to suitable candidates (if any) one of whose parents is or was in the Malayan Government Service, unless in the opinion of the Trustees of the Fund there be good reason in the Particular case for over-riding such preference.
“Except for some special, reason no assistance , will be granted to or for the benefit of a child under the age of 13 years.
“Applications should be made in writing in tile prescribed form (which will be treated as strictly confidential) addressed to
The Trustees of the Rajah of Sarawak Fund,
Sarawak Government Offices,
Millbank House,
Westminster, S.W.I.
and must be accompanied by a coy of the candidate’s birth certificate and a full testimonial as to character, general ability, etc, form the candidate’s present or most recent schoolmaster or tutor. If such testimonial does not cover a period of at least two years, further information should be supplied.
London, November, 1931.
NOTE. Eligibility of Candidates.
(1) Candidates eligible for assistance from the Fund must be “children of European descent whose parents are British Subjects, “one of whom is or was a higher Civil Servant (serving, retired or deceased), of “any Colony, Protectorate, or Protected State in or associated by treaty or otherwise with the British Empire, or any “Mandated Territory in respect of which the mandate is exercised by His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom but not of self-governing Dominions nor the Indian Empire nor Protected States within that Empire.”
(2) Preference will be given, in the first place, to suitable Candidates (if any) one of whose parents is or was in the Sarawak Government Service and, in the second place, to suitable Candidates (if any) one of whose parents is or was in the Malayan Government Service, unless in the opinion of the Trustees there be good reason in the particular case for over-riding such preference.
(3) Except for some special reason, no assistance will be granted to or for the benefit of a child, under the age of 13 years.
This form should be carefully completed and returned to
THE TRUSTEES OF THE RAJAH OF SARAWAK FUND.
Sarawak Government Offices,
Millbank House,
Westminster, S.W.I
accompanied by a copy of the Candidate’s Birth Certificate and a full testimonial of character, general ability, etc., from the Candidate’s present or most recent Schoolmaster or Tutor. If such testimonial does not cover a period of two years at least, further information should be supplied.
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