Press Release - August 2, 2002

Applications for the Dateline Hong Kong Fellowship 2002, co-organized by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Canada) and the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) will close next week. Journalists who are interested to apply are urged to submit their applications to CAJ by Friday, August 9.

The 2002 fellowship, the fifth annual working fellowship for Canadian journalists since the scheme was first launched in 1997, aims to encouraging journalists to acquaint themselves with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. Two fellowships are to be awarded and will see the winners travelling to Hong Kong before the end of March 2003. The package offered includes a business class return air ticket between Canada and Hong Kong, six nights' hotel accommodation inclusive of taxes, service charges and breakfast and round trip airport transfer. Funding for the 2002 fellowship will come from the HKSAR Government. In addition to visiting places of interest, winners will be able to meet people of diverse views and cultural background, such as Canadian business people, politicians and senior government officials.

To apply, each applicant must include a resume, a written proposal laying out what is to be achieved, and a written statement of support, including a letter of intent from the editor/producer to broadcast/publish stories/articles in the respective newspaper, magazine, radio or television station. The proposal can concentrate on any area of life in Hong Kong, including, but not limited to; business, trade, politics, infrastructure development, IT, tourism, housing, education, culture and environment.

Neither the HKSAR Government nor CAJ will have any control over or rights to the work of the participants in the fellowship. Applications must reach the Canadian Association of Journalists, St Patrick's Building, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 by Friday, August 9, 2002. Three judges appointed by the Canadian Association of Journalists will select the winners. The result will be announced in September 2002.

For more details on the Dateline Hong Kong Fellowship 2002, please refer to the HKETO website: www.hketo.ca or visit the Canadian Association of Journalists website at www.caj.ca.



For more information, please contact Elison Chu, Senior Information Officer of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office at: 416-924-5544, e-mail: [email protected] or John Dickins, Canadian Association of journalists, at 613-526-8061, e-mail: [email protected].