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presentation by
and meet the British Council
Sir J Burgh.
Mr Raison wil be in London throughout the week of 17-21
March and would in principle be available to discuss any
specific points with Sir Y K.
6.
there
are
We have separately been working vigorously for s ome
time to increase the number of Chinese students in Britain.
currently some 1200 (of whom over 500 receive
support from HMG),
The compared with around 800 in 1984/5.
primary challen is ODA. But China is also the greatest
beneficiary under the FCO SAS Scheme
Scheme (currently 58 awards;
al though this i s outside the special arrangements for Malaysia, Hong Kong and Cyprus). Sir Y K's scheme could
provide new one-year awards annually
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