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fees at British educational establishments.
This will save
HMG some £90 million a year. It has led to a switch in
applications by Hong Kong students from British to Canadian
universities. The Hong Kong Government have instituted a
means-tested scheme to provide loans for their students on
first-degree or equivalent courses in the UK. The DES is
meanwhile monitoring the effects of the fees rise. Some
feeling remains in Hong Kong over the move but it is broadly
accepted that there is no prospect of a reversion to the
old 'home student' rate. The Overseas Students' Trust has
been studying the whole question of overseas students' fees.
They are expected to report in the next two or three weeks.
Hong Kong and General Department
18 May 1982
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