30-10V-1992
15:48
IRD FLO
By Fax: (852) 523 0176
PCS 285/393/2
30 November 1992
MAY 285/1
Foreign & Commonwealch
Office
J Smith-Laittan Esq
British Trade Commission HONG KONG
DRAFT.
8841
London SWIA 2AH
Telephone: 071-
UK/HK JOINT FUNDING SCHEME
Thank you for your letter of 18 November. I am grateful for your help in making these enquiries.
We have consulted Hong Kong Department but no one here has any knowledge of an approach from the HKG about the future of the UK/HK Joint Funding Scheme. It is somewhat :satisfactory that reports are circulating in the erritory about a possible review of the Scheme but that so far nothing seems to have been said directly to us, the Scheme's co-sponsor. It would be helpful to have your advice on how we should pursue enquiries. Should we, or you on our behalf, now write formally to the Education and Manpower Branch, or elsewhere, referring to the ECS report (do we incidentally know where ECS got their report from?) and saying that obviously HMG as co-sponsor of the Scheme would wish to get very early notice of any possible local
As I indicated before, review of the present arrangements? given our difficult funding situation on scholarships globally for 1993/94 and onwards, our concern is now urgent.
M J Long
Head of Overseas Students Policy Section
Cultural Relations Department
TOTAL P.02