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SIR S K TANG
NOTE
OF
DONATOT
MEETING
BETWEEN
RESTRICTED
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BRITISH
COUNCIL AND FCO
IN HONG
KONG
DEPARTMENT ON 20 AUGUST 1986
Present:
John Green
) Fellows & Scholars
Jenny Bowland ) Department,
British Council
Alastair Mair CRD, FCO Clinton Leeks ) HKD, FCO Jeff Thomas >
1.
were
Mr Leeks outlined background to the donation and the present
content for others to position. We
administer the scheme It seemed to HKD along the guidelines laid down by Sir S K Tang. that BritCo were the obvious agency.
2. first
money.
Mr Mair explained that a Trust would have to be established
and then Trustees appointed to decide how to spend
the
3. Mr Green confirmed that, for a fee, BritCo would be happy to select, place and administer the students. He thought the annual donation to Cancer Research should cause no great administrative difficulties and could also be handled. The BritCo could not however handle the Trust.
4.
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He
We FCO
CRD and HKD of
Mr Leeks explained that he wished to put a framework of ideas to Hong Kong in the near future.
asked that British
Council
in set out
to do. Letter what they would be able a
in consultation perhaps then,
with the BritCo and could
information. Legal Advisers, construct the Trust Fund around that
of The meeting agreed that HMG (possibly by Heads the FCO) should be represented amongst the Trustees but, to avoid and the problems with the Treasury, the Trust should be private HMG representatives given ex officio status.
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Action now with BritCo.
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TAY
AUG 1986
BU 3 September.
J. Thomas
J Thomas
Hong Kong Department 20 August 1986
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