AU BAK LING CHARITY TRUST
區百齡慈善基金會
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2024-25 Rice-giving Scheme Vetting Results
After careful consideration and evaluation, we are pleased to announce the list of successful candidates who will benefit from the 2024-25 Rice-giving initiative. This endeavor reflects our commitment to supporting communities in need and ensuring effective allocation of our resources. A confirmation letter will be sent out to successful applicants this week; please be sure to check your inbox. For further details, please email info@ablct.com.
2024-25 Rice-Giving Scheme Is Open for Application Now
The 2024-25 Rice-giving Scheme is now open for application. The application form can be downloaded on the Rice-giving Scheme page or you can get the form from one of the rice stations of HKFYG. Applicant must be referred by a registered social worker from: the Social Welfare Department, units subvented by the Social Welfare Department, member organizations of The Hong Kong Council of Social Service, Medical Social Services Units under Hospital Authority or schools.
Submission Deadline: Friday, 29 December 2023
If you are a first-time applicant, please take some time to read through the Terms and Conditions.
For more details, please email info@ablct.com.
2023/2024 Teachers-in-Training Scholarship Application is Now Open. ACT will again partner with the five Hong Kong universities - HKU, CUHK, EdUHK, HKBU and HKMU offering 20 scholarships to undergraduates’ students in reduced circumstances with aspiration to enhance the professionalism of teachers in Hong Kong.
The Scholarship is open to Year 2 onwards undergraduates’ students studying under the relevant Education degree programmes and is tenable for the normal duration of the study programme. Please visit the Scholarship page for details and applications.
Interviews will commence from 1 February 2024 and results will be announced on Mid of March 2024. Details of Scholarship Award Ceremony will be announced later.
2023-24 Rice-Giving Scheme Announcement. We are pleased to announce the vetting for the 2023-24 Rice-Giving Scheme has been completed. The lists of Successful and Unsuccessful applicants can be found on the Rice-Giving Scheme page. The lists of Successful and Unsuccessful applicants are sorted according to the number of strokes of their Chinese surnames and by alphabetical order for English names.
2022/2023 Teachers-in-Training Scholarship Application is Now Open. ACT will again partner with the five Hong Kong universities - HKU, CUHK, EdUHK, HKBU, and HKMU offering 20 scholarships to undergraduate students in reduced circumstances with the aspiration to enhance the professionalism of teachers in Hong Kong. The Scholarship is open to Year 2 onwards undergraduates’ students studying under the relevant Education degree programs and is tenable for the normal duration of the study program. Please visit the Scholarship page for details and applications.
2022/23 Rice-Giving Scheme is open for application 2022/23 Rice Giving Scheme is now open for application. The application form can be downloaded on the Rice-giving Scheme page or you can get the form from one of the rice stations of HKFYG.
Submission Deadline: Friday, 31 December 2021
If you are a first-time applicant, please take some time to read through the Terms and Conditions.
For more details, please email info@ablct.com.
2021/22 Rice-Giving Scheme Result 2021/22 Rice-Giving Scheme result is available now. Please click here to see the list of successful and unsuccessful candidates.
A confirmation letter will be sent out to the successful applicants this week, please take note. For more details, please email info@ablct.com.
ACT welcomes United Christian College joining the Rice-giving Scheme It is our pleasure to announce our new partnership with United Christain College in the Rice-Giving Scheme as the Kowloon Tong distribution center starting in April 2021.
Address: 11 Tong Yam Street, Tai Hang Tung, Kowloon Tong.
Tel: 2777-8344
Distribution Day and Time: Saturday, 9 am - 1 pm. For more details, please email info@ablct.com.
2021/22 Rice-Giving Scheme Applicants Final List 2021/22 Rice-Giving Scheme Applicants Final List has been updated as of 4 March, 2021. Please click here to see the full list of applicants.
This year we have close to 10,000 applications, vetting has begun and the results will be announced by the first week of April. For more details, please email info@ablct.com.
2021/22 Rice-Giving Scheme Application is closed 2021/22 Rice-Giving Scheme is closed for application. The list of applicants will be updated on a weekly basis until mid-February. Please click here to see the list of applicants as of 5 January. For more details, please email info@ablct.com
On behalf of our Charity, we wish you all a healthy and blessed 2021.
2021/22 Rice-Giving Scheme is open for application now! 2021/22 Rice Giving Scheme is now open for application. The application form can be downloaded on the Rice-giving Scheme page or you can visit one of the rice stations of HKFYG. The deadline is Thursday, 31 December 2020. If you are a first-time applicant, please take some time to read through the Terms and Conditions.
For more details, please email to info@ablct.com
October and November 2020 Rice-giving activities will resume as scheduled Rice-giving activities will be held as originally scheduled in October and November.
Fri & Sat October 30 & 31
Fri & Sat November 27 & 28
For the rice collection in the months of July and August, our Charity has decided to distribute them on the rice-giving dates of December 2020 and January 2021 respectively.
2019/20 Scholarship Announcement After a couple of interview postponements due to the pandemic, our Trust finally conducted interviews with the selected candidates via ZOOM last week. We are glad to announce the 2019/20 scholarship review has been completed awardees will be notified by mail and certificates will be sent out by the end of October. Due to the continual impact of the pandemic, we have decided to cancel the 2019/20 Scholarship Award Ceremony for safety reasons. As regards the scholarship payment arrangements, please contact your university for details.
Many congratulations to all the awardees!
Rice-giving will resume in September, 25th & 26th We are glad to announce that Rice-giving will resume this month on the original dates:
Friday, Sep 25, and Saturday, Sep 26.
For the rice collection for the months of July and August, our Charity will announce the details at a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Postponement - July and August 2020 Rice-giving event Due to the severity of the "third wave" coronavirus (COVID-19), the government has prohibited group gatherings until further advice, therefore, we are unable to distribute rice this month again. We will announce the new date and arrangements once the situation has improved. For further enquiries, please call the Trust at 3898 0055. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. At this critical moment, we strongly urged you and your family members to stay at home and to avoid going to crowded places ad pay close attention to personal hygiene. Thank you for your understanding and may everyone be safe and healthy!
The Latest Arrangements for 2019/2020 Hong Kong Teachers-in-Training Scholarship Interview In response to the development of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trust has decided to further postpone all interviews for the selected nominees to September 2020.
New dates for the interviews will be announced in due course.
We apologize again for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Further Postponement of 2019/2020 Hong Kong Teachers-in-Training Scholarship Interview In view of the outbreak of "third wave" coronavirus (COVID-19), with the number of infected persons maintained in double-digit number for consecutive days lately, our Trust has decided to postpone the rice-giving activity originally scheduled for the end of July. We will announce the new date and arrangements once they have been confirmed. For further enquiries, please call the Trust at 3898 0055. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. At this critical moment, we strongly urged you and your family members to stay at home and to avoid going to crowded places ad pay close attention to personal hygiene. Thank you for your understanding and may everyone be safe and healthy!
Postponement of 2019/2020 Hong Kong Teachers-in-Training Scholarship Interview We regret to announce that all interviews of the selected nominees have to be postponed again from the previously rescheduled date of April 2020 to May 2020 amid the pandemic. New dates for the interviews will be announced in due course. We apologize again for any inconvenience this may have caused.
2020/21 Rice-Giving Scheme Final Results Vetting procedures for the 2020/21 Rice-Giving Scheme applications were completed and the final results have been sent to Social Welfare Centres. Please be advised that we have received more than 7,200 applications for the scheme this year.
For your application result status, please check with your social service officer. Notification letters will be sent out on 1 April 2020.
February & March Rice-giving New Arrangements Rice-giving will resume this month for both the month of February and March. Due to the new coronavirus epidemic situation, each rice station will make different rice-picking arrangements in March. Please download this document (Chinese version only) to view the relevant arrangements.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Postponement of Feb & Mar Rice giving event & Interview for the 2019/2020 Hong Kong Teachers-in-Training Scholarship Due to the developing pneumonia epidemic of novel coronavirus infection, both the rice distribution dates in Feb and Mar will be postponed as well as all interviews for the selected nominees for 2019/20 Scholarships. We shall announce new arrangements in due course.
Postponement of Scholarship Interview We would like to thank our university partners for their nominations and the students for participating in our 2019/2020 Teachers-in-Training Scholarship.
The Trust has received nominations from our partner universities and we are currently reviewing the applications.
Please be notified that the interview for the selected nominees will be postponed to mid-February 2020, and the result will be announced in March 2020. Thank you for your kind attention.
List of All Applicants of the 2020/21 Rice-Giving Scheme The full list of applications (Renewal & New) received for the Rice-Giving Scheme is available now. Please check your name according to the alphabetical order of your last name. To access the list, please click here.
2020/21 Rice-Giving Scheme Kick-off 2020/21 Rice-Giving Scheme application has been opened. The application form can be downloaded on the Rice-giving Scheme page or you can visit one of the rice stations of HKFYG.
For ease of search, the list of all submitted applications will be posted on our website weekly starting in December. For more details, please email info@ablct.com
2019/2020 Teachers-in-Training Scholarship Application is Now Open ACT will again partner with 5 Hong Kong universities - HKU, CUHK, EdUHK, HKBU, and OU offering 20 scholarships to undergraduate students in reduced circumstances with the aspiration to enhance the professionalism of teachers in Hong Kong. The Scholarship is open to Year 2 onwards undergraduate students studying under the relevant Education degree programs and is tenable for the normal duration of the study program. Please visit the Scholarship page for details and applications. Interviews will commence on February 3, 2020, and results will be announced on End of February 2020. The Scholarship Award Ceremony will be held on Mid of April 2020.
Our Charity Announces with great sorrow the passing of Lord Au Bak Ling
Lord Au Bak Ling, the Founder of Ling Kee Group and Au Bak Ling Charity Trust ("ACT") peacefully passed away at the end of April 2019. All funds received from friends, relatives, and employees at the Memorial Service will be donated to ACT to further Lord Au's vision to assist the underprivileged in our society via our poverty alleviation projects.
2019/20 Rice-Giving Scheme Final Result All vetting procedures for the application under the 2019/20 Rice-Giving Scheme have been completed. We received more than 6200 applications for this year. Applicants can check the results of successfully applied/reserved (waiting list) /unsuccessfully applied on our official website. Please check out the application result according to the first letter of your last name.
28 March 2019
Announcement of 2018/2019 Hong Kong Teachers-in-Training Scholarship Scheme Results This year, a total of 105 nominations were received from our partners. After the interview, a total of 35 outstanding students were successfully selected to be awardees. Please click here for the list of awardees. Thanks again for the nomination of five participating universities. The scholarship award ceremony will be held on April 13, 2019.
15 March 2019
2019/2020 Rice-Giving Final Application Lists We have collected all 2019-20 Rice-Giving Scheme applications and vetting is in progress. All applications received are listed below according to the alphabetical order of the last name. The results will be announced in March 2019.
27 October 2018
2018/2019 Teachers-in-Training Scholarship Application is Now Open ACT will again partner with the five Hong Kong universities - HKU, CUHK, EdU, HKBU, and OU offering 35 scholarships to students in reduced circumstances with the aspiration to enhance the professionalism of teachers in Hong Kong.
The Scholarship is open to all students studying under the relevant Education degree programs and is tenable for the normal duration of the study program. Please visit the Scholarship page for details and the application form.
Interviews will commence on January 23, 2019, and results will be announced on March 6, 2019. The Scholarship Award Ceremony will be held on April 13, 2019.