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NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN

leading part in Mamins the Campaigns and in Carrying them

ont

naturally wishes to involve the people of Hong Kong

as closely as possible in the future development of

Hong Kong. To illustrate this point there have

recently been two very successful community campaigns

the

in Hong Kong. One of these was called 'Keep Hong Kong

Carfarg

Clean' The second was the action to fight the

increase in violent crime in Hong Kong. Both of these involved local commatters of volunteers who played a

Wore notable

Finally,

menh

дко The lest point mentioned by Dr Davies in his

letter (is a statement that the Hong Kong Government.

only makes a minimal contribution to the cost of

students' education beyond the age of 15, and that

this means that a large number of them have

necessarily to work and study. Dr Davies is

presumably referring to post-secondary school

education which in Hong Kong normally begins at the

age of 15. The Hong Kong Government has a scheme of

student financing under which public funds are made

available for outright grants and interest free loans

tivo

in HK.

·

to needy students in the Hong Kong University

scheme was introduced in 1969/70.

This

In the financial

year 1972/73 the amounts of grant and loan funds were

HK$ 3.78 million and HK$ 9.82 million respectively. The are also fee remisssin astoma too scondary school.

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Please do not hesitate to write again if you

information

need further cation of any of the points raised

I retur Dr. Davies letter

by Dr Davies.

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