CO129-588-8 Hong Kong University- British Council scholarships and Rhodes Studentship 11-1-1941 - 17-12-1942 — Page 87

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CODE TELEGRAM

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0. A. G.

HONG KONG

D. 11th January, 1941. R. 12th

#1

00.50 hrs.

No. 30

40

1400

Addressed to Secretary of State for the Colonies No. 30 repeated to British Ambassador Chungking No. 6 with reference to his letter S.0. 22 of the 14th December. Begins.

401-40 Your telegram No. 801.

establishment by stages of 20 scholarships,

University proposes

This would mean 250 per annum for each scholar from British Council funds and the equivalent of $700 from university funds. not be required until the financial year commencing April 1941, (?)proposed then to accept up to £1,000 to be held for cost of completion of all scholarship awards in 1941. extend over four years in the cases of engineering, art and science undergraduates, six years in the cases of medical undergraduates, and from one to two years in the cases of post-graduates. Subsequent annual grants will be similarly allocated for cost of completion of scholarship awards in each year.

These

The university further learns with appreciation the offer of £1,000 for Rhodes Trust post-graduate studentships and fully endorse suggestion made in your telegram No. 801. The Council would be governing body for the administration of these studentships.

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