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SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG: 5 NOVEMBER 1980 AT 10.00 AM
BRIEF NOT 4: OVERSEAS STUDENTS' FEES
POINTS TO MAKE
1.
Acknowledge. claim of Dependent Territories for exemption
Will make case to Cabinet colleagues
on grounds of principle.
but prospects very poor.
of home student rates.
with Hong Kong.
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May
Most unlikely to get cash for restoration
be no funds even for a shared scheme
2. Best tactics still to pursue point of principle in Cabinet.
But FCO and Hong Kong must now start to consider fall-back schemes,
either shared or wholly financed by Hong Kong.
What do you
suggest?
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