Wallace
SAVINORAM.
54247/47.
GO
GOVERNOR
HONG KONG
sai!
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Gay - M.KR. Supell OBE
Try.
1.
Personal from Mayle.
Your telegram No.1592.
Hong Kong University.
Contents of your telegram were
communicated to sloss and discussed with him.
2. It was at first thought that there
was → possibility of meeting capital
rehabilitation expenditure of Hong Kong
H.K$4,000,000 by grant from central C. D. & W. allocation for higher education in the
Colonies.
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C.D. & W. assistance is now however.
available for rehabilitation.
3. Approach was then made to Treasury
for assistance from H. M. G. suggested in
I am very sorry paragraph 4 of your telegram.
to say that this has been unsaccessful.
H.M.C.'s policy at present is of necessity drastic reduction of overseas expenditure and
in these circumstances Treasury feel that
singling out of Hong Kong University for
special capital assistance from the U.K. cannot
Then shower to obycation
be justified. They are however agr-cable to the capital and recurrent charges necessary
to re-establish the University being borne on
are th
the Hong Kong Estimates and would be prepared
to