CO129-588-8 Hong Kong University- British Council scholarships and Rhodes Studentship 11-1-1941 - 17-12-1942 — Page 62

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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.