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EQUIPMENT FOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES
PROBLEM
1. In his telegram No. 175 Sir D Trench proposed that the
grant of £400,000 towards the cost of providing equipment for
Hong Kong Technical institutes should be announced without
mentioning any particular number of institutes, and that the
grant should be applied over an unspecified period, at the rate
of £100,000 per institution as and when individual projects
were approved as part of the public works programme. Mr Royle
has already agreed that we should not make any announcement
about this grant until we have made more progress with the
negotiations over the defence contribution.
ARGUMENT
2. Both the ODA and the DTI have agreed to the Governor's
proposal to apply the grant over an unspecified period, but
the latter have stressed that this should be on condition
that the grant is given specifically for technical institutes,
and not for technical education generally, and that it is
applied strictly at the rate of £100,000 per institution.
both these points are clearly mentioned by the Governor himself
in his telegram of 13 March this should present no difficulty.
RECOMMENDATION
3. I recommend that the Governor's proposals be accepted,
and a reply sent to Hong Kong in terms of the attached draft
telegram.
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19 April 1971
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