Application Procedures for Earmarking of Fund 

Please follow the application procedures below when applying for the earmarking of fund under the Funding Scheme:

1.         Identify an English-language training course and/or course provider appropriate for your company/employees. Please note that the Funding Scheme DOES NOT provide any training course or examination. [Remark 2]

2.        Choose from a range of specified international business English examination(s) for spoken and/or written English skill(s) (please refer to Hong Kong Workplace English Benchmarks - HOW DOES AN EMPLOYEE ACHIEVE THESE BENCHMARKS?). If the selected course focuses on training in both written and spoken English skills, employees concerned must attain their benchmarks in both areas. Employees attending courses focusing on improving their proficiency in either spoken or written English are required to take the corresponding examination only. [Remark 3]

3.        Submit the completed application form with photocopies of subscribing employees' Hong Kong Identity Card and other supporting documents by post or in person to:

Office of the Workplace English Campaign (OWEC)
Room 1702, 17/F, Skyline Tower, 39 Wang Kwong Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon.  

(Collection hours: 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 – 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday)
(Please note that OWEC will NOT be responsible for any loss of the document(s) in postal transit.)

(Please note that photocopies of the application forms may also be used, if necessary.)

IMPORTANT:
The Funding Scheme will stop receiving application from 31 January 2009.  Application forms must reach OWEC by 6:00 p.m. of 30 January 2009 (Friday) (mail applications will be accepted based on the date of the postmark). Late submissions will not be processed.