CO129-588-8 Hong Kong University- British Council scholarships and Rhodes Studentship 11-1-1941 - 17-12-1942 — Page 74

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SIR WILLIAM PEEL, K.C.M.G.

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Dear. Peel.

March 4

Downing Street,

May we ask for your

assistance in the following

matter connected with Hong

Kong University?

The Rhodes Trustees

have made funds available for

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W.2.

the establishment, for the next

FURTHER ACTION.

Press Section to

see.

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N.P.

five years, of one or more

studentships at Oxford for

Chinese students who have

graduated at Hong Kong

University.

The studentships

will be called "Rhodes Trust

Post-graduate Studentships"

and their holders will be

nominated by the governing body

of Hong Kong University. The

British Council have also

provided funds for the establish-

ment at Hong Kong University

itself of 20 scholarships to

be