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AID TO HONG KONG
1. Mr Royle has asked why no publicity has been given to the
grant of £400,000 for equipment for technical institutes in
Hong Kong.
2.
It was agreed in April 1971 that we should not make any
announcement about this grant until we had made more progress
with the negotiations over the defence contribution.
We did
not finally settle the defence contribution until October 1971
just before Sir David Trench retired.
3.
Meanwhile it was agreed with the Governor that the grant
should be applied at the rate of £100,000 per institution as
and when individual projects were approved. Plans for the establishment of two further institutes (in addition to the Morrison Hill Institute which is itself being expanded) were
approved last year but the first of the two new institutes (at Tsuen Wan) will not be ready until 1974/75.
B 4. More recently, the ODA's Assistant Adviser on Technical ++kk
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the grant of £400,000 to meet the cost of additional equipment
This (including freight) for the Morrison Hill Institute).
has been agreed but it has been decided that we should wait for the Governor's proposals on aid before we do anything else
about the Morrison Hill proposal.
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25 February 1972
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Hong Kong Department