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Foreign &
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By Fax
2 August 1993
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04 A 1993
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London SWIA 2AH
Telephone: 071-
Michael Leung Esq
Secretary for Education and Manpower Education and Manpower Branch
Government Secretariat
Hong Kong
Dear Michael,
UK/HONG KONG SCHOLARSHIPS: REVIEW OF THE JOINT FUNDING SCHEME
Thank you for your letter of 16 July to Peter Ricketts on the phasing out of the Joint Funding Scheme. The enclosed figures on the projected annual savings from the phase-out are very helpful.
We have yet to make a decision on the precise allocation of the £0.5 million we aim to set aside for Hong Kong scholarships, once the Joint Funding Scheme has been phased out. I can confirm that this will represent an annual allocation, although the figures will need to be approved each year in accordance with the usual budgetary restraints. On present plans, it is our intention to set up a separate scholarship facility for Hong Kong students to study in the UK. Any such scheme would be independent of the existing UK/Hong Kong Scholarships programme which, as you know, is due for review in 1994/5. However, our ideas are very much in the planning stage and we are still exploring options which will let us make the most effective use of the £0.5 million. We will of course let you have more details as soon
as we can.
We are content with the draft press release as it stands and see no need to mention HMG's intended future contribution to Hong Kong scholarships until details have been finalised.
Your every John
JC Morris
Hong Kong Department
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