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DRAGT PRESS NOTICE.
Colonial Office,
17
Downing Street, 3. W. 1.
Maret
62
The place of Hong Kong in the promotion of
Anglo-Chinese cultural relations has been
emphasized in the Colony's centenary year by two
recent benefactions connected with the University
of Hong Kong.
The Rhodes Trustees have decided to establish
étudentships to be held at Oxford University over
the next five years by one or more Chinese or
Chinese British subjects who have graduated at Hong
Kong University. These studentships will be called
"Rhodes Trust Post-graduate Studentships" and the
holders of them will be nominated by the Governing
Body of Hong Kong
University,
The
The British Council has/also) decided to
establish a number of scholarships to be held at
Hong Kong University by students from China.
holders of these scholarships are to be nominated
by the Council of the Sino-British Cultural
Association.
The appreciation of the Secretary of State
for the Colonies and of the Government and University
of Hong Kong has been conveyed to the Rhodes
Trustees and to the British Council for their
generous action.