Applicants will need to submit one initial application to the RGC (only with basic information such as their names, the two chosen programmes / institutions, place of birth, etc.) through RGC's on-line system, and each of the applications will be allocated a reference number. The deadline for submitting an initial application to RGC is December 1, 2012 at Hong Kong Time 12:00:00 (GMT +8 hours). Please click here for RGC on-line initial application.