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YOUR TELNOS 1850 AND 2021 TO HONG KONG.
HONG KONG TELNO 3200 PROVIDED A FACTUAL ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS. I COMMENTED IN MY LETTER OF 31 JANUARY TO PAUL AND CRD THAT THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE UNDERSPEND OF FUNDS IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF THE CONCENTRATION ON UNDERGRADUATES AND THE PRACTICE OF SETTING ASIDE FUNDS FROM EACH YEARS ALLOCATION TO PAY LATER FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS OF AN UNDERGRADUATE COURSE, THIS DESPITE THE AVAILABILITY OF PND250,000 EACH YEAR ANYWAY. SECRETARIAT WAS TO HAVE WORKED OUT HOW SOME OF THE RUNNER UP UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES COULD HAVE BEEN FINANCED THIS YEAR BUT APPEARS NOT TO HAVE DONE SO. WE AND BRITISH COUNCIL HOPE TO SEE MORE POSTGRADUATE CANDIDATES COMING THROUGH FOR INTERVIEW NEXT TIME.
WE HAVE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT THE MANAGEMENT OF THE S K TANG BEQUEST LATELY. IF IT HAS NOT BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE
BRITISH COUNCIL YOU MAY WISH TO ENSURE THAT THE TERMS OF THE BEQUEST ARE BEING FULLY MET.
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