Ningbo University Library
(If raised)
Delighted by your proposal to name Ningbo University Library after the
Prime Minister.
Would be glad to provide books (worth up to £10,000). British Council
could also arrange a link between the new University and an appropriate
University in Britain.
(If Sir Y K Pao wishes to discuss establishing a library in this
country) suggest you approach Sir Mark Richmond.
Background
Sir Y K Pao has paid for the construction of a University at Ningbo, where he
comes from. Mr Walden, Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Department of
Education and Science, attended the opening of the University earlier this
year.
When he called on Mr Patten, on 14 October, Sir Y K Pao said that he proposed
that the university library should be named after the Prime Minister.
He was
understood to say that he also hopes to make a similar gesture in this country
by financing an institution such as a library here and proposing that it be
named after Deng Xiao Ping. He may seek the Secretary of State's advice on
this.
If this is raised, the Secretary of State may wish to offer to supply the new
library at Ningbo with books worth £10,000. It would also be possible for the
British Council to set up a link between Ningbo and an appropriate institution in this country. (About 100 such links, involving visits and other exchanges,
are already financed jointly by the ODA and the British Council.)
If Sir Y K Pao wishes to discuss the funding of a library in Britain, he might
find it useful to approach Sir Mark Richmond, Chairman of the Committee of
Vice Chancellors and Principals, who is aware of the proposal and can advise on which institution might most appropriately receive the new library.
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