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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 25th. February, 1915.

Sir,

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I have the honour to inform you that, under

the authority which I consider the 3rd. paragraph of your Despatch No. 207 of the 15th. of September, 1909, gives me, I have authorised the award to a student of the Hongkong University named Eu Khay Hoe of an honorary King Edward VII Scholarship in the following circumstances.

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In July, 1914, Eu Khay Hoe, who had been warned before-hand that he would have to produce proof of British nationality, competed successfully for a King Edward VII Scholar- -ship. He then stated that he was born in Kuala Lumpur and that his father was a Chinese subject. The University Authorities were advised that the Federated Malay States being a Protectorate Eu Khay Hoe is not a British subject by reason of his birth there. The Scholarship was therefore awarded to the next best candidate whose British nationality was undoubted.

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In October, 1914, Eu Khay Hoe's family established the fact that Eu Khay Hoe's father is in fact a British subject. The family is wealthy and attaches little importance to the emoluments of the scholarship, provided Eu Khay How can enjoy the distinction of calling himself a King Edward

Scholar.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,

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