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Applicants
Persons who -
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are Hong Kong residents who have the right of abode or
the right to land or to remain in Hong Kong without
restriction, i.e. ：A； (right of abode), ：R； (right to land) or ：U； (remain in Hong Kong without restriction) should appear below the date of birth on the HK Smart ID card. For details of the meaning of symbols, please visit the website of the Immigration Department
http://www.immd.gov.hk. Holders of one-way permits from Mainland
China may also apply. ( A copy of the one-way permit and
the HK Smart ID card should be attached to the Application
Form (SFAA 192)
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have enrolled in and paid the tuition fee
on equal monthly instalments basis for a reimbursable
course before the course commences; and
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are aged from 18 to 65 at the time of application and
on seeking reimbursement of their fees.
* Degree holders are eligible to apply for the
CEF with effect from 1 September 2003. They should submit the
application on or after 1 September 2003 but before the course
commencement date.
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Reimbursable
Courses
Continuing education and training courses approved by the
Secretary for Labour and Welfare. Information on the reimbursable
courses can be obtained from the Office of the Continuing
Education Fund (OCEF) and registered course providers, on the
following website :
http://www.sfaa.gov.hk/cef/course.htm
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Other Conditions
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Each applicant may obtain approval
for opening an account with CEF once a lifetime only. Applicants who have obtained approval in-principle for
opening a CEF account may enroll in other reimbursable course(s) and
need not submit a
second application. However, the reimbursement deadline remains. Applicants who
withdraw their applications
of their own accord may not submit further applications
for account opening.
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An applicant who has successfully opened
a CEF account may submit a maximum of four claims for reimbursement and, in any event, within
four
years from the date that the application was approved.
Each claim may include more than one reimbursable course. Each applicant is entitled to a maximum sum of HK$10,000.
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In respect of any courses, modules or
units of study credits for which the fees are to be
reimbursed, upon seeking reimbursement of the fees, the
applicant must not have obtained any other public funds or publicly-funded
financial assistance for the same course, such as pursuing
courses funded by the University Grants Committee, grants or
loans from the Financial Assistance Scheme for
Post-secondary Students administered by the Student
Financial Assistance Agency (SFAA) etc.
Loans for tuition fee payments obtained from the publicly-funded Non-means-tested Loan Scheme
(NLS) administered by SFAA are
not subsidised loans. If such loans are borrowed towards the payment of fees for a reimbursable course of study recognised for the purpose of CEF, the fees may be eligible for reimbursement subject to all other criteria being met.
The CEF reimbursement would be used to offset any outstanding NLS loans so borrowed by the applicant for paying the tuition fee in respect of the same course. Any remaining balance of the CEF reimbursement after offsetting will be credited to the designated account of the applicant.
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Reimbursable
Expense
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Only payments made for tuition fees for reimbursable courses, and examination fees
for taking designated benchmark test / examination in respect of
language courses are reimbursable expenses. The fees will be
reimbursed only if the applicant has successfully completed
the courses before the expiry of the reimbursement deadline
and in respect of language courses, passed the specified
benchmark test / examinations at the specified (or higher) level.
Benchmark test / examination should be taken after the
course has commenced and before the expiry of the validity
period. Any other fees, such as late charges and change of course
fee charges are not eligible for reimbursement.
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