Warren Saldanha Among Scholarship Winners
(Edited excerpt from the weeklyvoice.com)
Warren Alec Francis Saldanha (St. Michael's College School) from Misssissauga, was one of the twelve young Canadians in the GTA area winning the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation's Millennium Excellence Awards. The awards recognize community involvement, demonstrated leadership abilities, innovative thinking, and academic achievement.

The Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation is a private and autonomous organization established by an Act of Parliament in 1998 with an endowment of $2.5 billion to help Canadians meet the challenges of a rapidly changing economy and society by creating opportunities for them to pursue their post-secondary education.

Warren's list of academic awards is impressive in itself, but his catalogue of community involvement is even more so. This young man has dedicated himself to empowering people by helping them gain the skills they need to achieve their full potential. As a member of a missionary trip to Haiti, Warren volunteered at health care centres and malnutrition clinics in Port-au-Prince, and because he was exposed to great suffering, it strengthened his resolve. Consequently, upon his return, he started the Literacy Club to provide free peer tutoring services for a nearby elementary school, as well as a drug and alcohol committee to help raise awareness of this issue. Aiding others in discovering their talent has been very satisfying for Warren, as has the experience of sharing his own. An avid musician who is proficient on the piano, cello and trumpet, he and his siblings have performed as a trio musical ensemble, bringing chamber music ñ and joy ñ to hospitals, churches, retirement and nursing homes and fundraisers. This remarkable young man will be pursuing business studies at the University of Toronto.

Canada: Patricia D'Souza wins awards
From:http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/
2 Jul. Nunatsiaq News (Canada). Former Managing Editor Patricia D'Souza came first in the best features page competition for her story on the memorial service held for Joamie School last July. She also won the prize for best photo essay, for pictures of a gathering of Nunavut and Nunavik elders. [Patricia D'Souza is now editor of THIS magazine - see http://www.track0.com/ogwc/archives/000353.html]

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Indian Bank Offices make fewer mistakes
HSBC in row with UK union over report on outsourcing
Bank says offshore centres make fewer errors than UK staff
By NEIL BEHRMANN IN LONDON
http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/story/0,4567,121523,00.html
HSBC has infuriated Unifi, the UK finance union, by claiming that offshore Indian and Malaysian offices make fewer mistakes than British staff. Research by the operations division of the bank found that UK staff made 50 mistakes for each million transactions, compared with only eight mistakes by workers in the Indian and Malaysian centres that service HSBC.