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RESTRICTED
W.
JOINT FUNDING SCHEME AND NEW SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME
Her Majesty's Government and the Hong Kong Government are mindful of the great mutual benefits that are derived through students from Hong Kong studying in the United Kingdom. Since 1983 the two governments have contributed to a means-tested fee support scheme which has enabled over 5,000 needy students to study in our
The two governments have recently decided to maintain
the fund at current levels for a further two years. In addition they will place greater emphasis on our existing merit scholarship
scheme. Funding for the latter will be substantially increased from
the £40,000 currently available.
universities.
At present about 6,000 Hong Kong post-secondary students are studying in the United Kingdom. Of these about 1300 are taking post-graduate courses.
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