Arriet Dée, end Such assistance could therefore
could
be justified only on ground that it could
profitably be used within (roughly) pre-war
limits; since both Hong Kong Government
assistance and H. M. G.'s grant are already
available, any request. for C.D. & W. assistance
over and above amounts thus available would
require a great deal of justification.
4. Your paragraph 5. It remains a
reasonable supposition that opening of
Malayan University would reduce the
number of students from Malaya and Hong Kong.
5. Your paragraph 6. I cannot accept
II.M.G.
,000
suggestion that .. G. 's free grant of $250,000
is being used "as a pretext" for refusing a
could
grant from C. D. & W. funds. Nor I accept
any
(though I feel sure this was not intended) implication that E. M.C.'s generosity
in granting £250,000 towards the University
imposes on H.. G. an obligation to multiply
that amount by two. The position is as
set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 above.
6.
Your paragraph 7. I heartily
endorse your view that it would be rash to
utilise the whole of H. M. G.'s grant on capital
development involving recurrent charges which
it might be difficult to meet.
7. May I suggest that considered plans
for rehabilitation and development of University
be
to meet Colony's needs/now worked out and start thereafter
be
Detailed explanation fumished as to perproved utilisation. ther explain in de
detail
t is proposed to
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