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>      Taiwan Church News

>3022 Edition

>January 25~31, 2010

Young Aborigines offered golden opportunity to study at Mackay  College

>Reported by Lin Yi-ying

>Written by Lydia Ma

Kingston Technology has donated a sum of NT$150 million to help  children from

low-income Aborigine families so that they can have a shot at  pursuing higher

education. Aborigine students in junior high school whose test  scores meet

entrance requirements for Mackay Medicine, Nursing, and Management  College’s

five-year program will be eligible for a full scholarship, on top  of a NT$5,000

monthly stipend to cover living expenses. The only requirements  attached to this

offer are that students receiving this scholarship must pass a  nursing license exam

upon graduation and serve in Aborigine reservations or remote,  rural areas for at

>least two years.

This collaboration between Kingston Technology and Mackay College  has already

received the Ministry of Education’s stamp of approval and  will likely run for at least

the next five years. According to Kingston Technology’s CEO  David Sun, he had a

burden to assist Aborigine families soon after Typhoon Morakot  last year and

phoned an elder from Hsintien Presbyterian Church in Taipei to  discuss ideas.

With the help of PCT Associate General Secretary Kho Sing-doh, who  helped

contact Mackay College and helped establish a special fund for  this cause, the

program was finalized after four months of intense meetings and  consultations.

For the next five years, Kingston Technology will help 40  Aborigine students every

year in their studies at Mackay College. Sun has kept a low  profile on his

contributions, choosing instead to direct attention to the  importance of family

support. He emphasized that fourteen or fifteen-year-olds need a  lot of help and

guidance from their families to choose and stay on the right path  and work toward a

>brighter future.

Kho is urging all Aborigine PCT churches to let its members know  about this once-

in-a-lifetime opportunity because it would enable Aborigine  children to receive

vocational training, use their skills to help their own  communities, make a better

future for themselves, and bless their fellow countrymen.

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