CO129-596-4 Hong Kong University- Apprenticeship scheme 4-2-1947 - 3-9-1947 — Page 19

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D.B. Whyte 24/6

Mr. Titchener

Mr. Chamier

Mr. Bryant

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The telegram at No. 16 from Hong Kong has now cleared up the financial position with regard to these F. B. I. engineering apprenticeships, and we can accordingly proceed as with the second batch of five scholarships. I have therefore sent a savingram to Hong Kong as at No. 17, and written to the F.B. I. and Foreign Office as at Nos. 18 and 19. With regard to Miss Whyte's minute of 24th June above, I have this morning learned from the British Council that they have been unable to arrange the desired courses for H.K. Watt, that they have to-day telegraphed to Hong Kong saying that in these circumstances they are offering the scholarship they were previously holding for Watt to another candidate. Mr. Jenkins, of the F.B. I., is now making enquiries to see whether he could arrange advanced automobile engineering training, and will let me know the results of his further enquiries.

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2. Welfare Department will wish to note paragraph 1 of No. 16, concerning the first batch of five students.

3. As regards the second batch, we still have to clear up the income tax point. We have asked Mr. Jenkins to let us have the copies of the application forms and apprenticeship agreement mentioned in No. 15: he is going to send them over to us within the next day or two. Mr. Bryant will also wish to note the suggestion in Miss Whyte's minute of 18th June, regarding the additional material which we might send to the Income Tax authorities in response to their request in No.15. With reference to paragraph 1 of Mr. Bryant's minute of 14th June, whilst exemption from income tax in the case of these particular allowances is no doubt not automatic, the case in the file below marked Misc. 14A affords a precedent, and if by any chance the Inland Revenue authorities made any difficulties about granting exemption from income tax in the case of the present allowances, we could, in my view, justifiably ask them to make out a case for granting this exemption in the 1942 instance and not in the present cases. In this connection I again draw attention to Mr. Mayle's minute of 5th September, 1946, on 53611/12/46 attached. In view of this, I think that if we send the Income Tax Authorities in reply to No. 15 a copy of No. 12 we ought to make it quite clear that we have had second thoughts

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