Key legal question
Whether the scholarship could be increased beyond the government tables under § 11(3) of the Scholarship Ordinance.
Extracted holding
Yes. The tables were only guideline figures, and the personal circumstances—especially two children in equally costly ETH studies and the father's limited income—justified a higher award.
Extracted reasoning
The lower authority wrongly imported the 'three children' approach from § 11(1) into § 11(3). Section 11(3) expressly requires consideration of the applicant's personal circumstances, including siblings and special educational expenses, so rigid adherence to the tables was unlawful.