PS/Mr Patten
Private Secretary
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Hub 010/4
0 4 AUG 1907
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RM GRAHAM-HARRISON
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DATE: -28 JULY 1987
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Mr Caines 0/R
Mr Ainscow
Mr Samuel
Dr Iredale 0/R
Mr Machin
Mr Masefield FED/FCO
Mr Leeks HKD/FCO
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Sino-British Friendship Scholarship Scheme (SBFSS).
Problem
How should we mark the arrival of the first Chinese students to take up awards
under the Scheme?
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that Mr Patten should mark the occasion by making a
presentation to the Chinese Ambassador and to Sir Y K Pao (or his London
representative).
Background and Argument
3.
The Secretary of State signed the Memorandum establishing the
Sino-British Friendship Scholarship Scheme (SBFSS) with Vice-Premier Li Peng
and Sir Yue-Kong Pao of Hong Kong in June 1986. The Scheme will pay for up to
420 Chinese students to take up PhD and research level awards in Britain each
year for ten years. The costs will be met by the Chinese Government and the Sir Y K Pao Foundation, who will each contribute £1.4m a year, and by the ODA,
who will contribute £700,000 a year to the Scheme and also pay the British
Council's annual administration costs of £250,000.
The Commission which supervises the Scheme met in Hong Kong in June under
the chairmanship of Sir Y K Pao. It approved a programme of 380 awards for
4.