CO129-610-2 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University 9-1-1948 - 18-1-1949 — Page 215

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REGISTERED No.

DRAFT

MR. Mayle

MR.

MR.

ENCLOSURES

Copy of (2) and enclosure.

Copies of 2 draft telegrams.

port.

Copy of Repor

of Report.

FURTHER ACTION

Copies with all

enclosures to N. Scarlett. 7.0.

DRAFT AND RECORD CORniel Office,

LETTER SENT

54147/48

INMEDIATE

Church House,

7

2441

Great Smith Street,

3. 7. 1

DATE

4th March, 1948.

Anid. (20)

Hong Kong University

Would you kinily refer to the corresponience which passed last year between Orme Sargent and Lloyd under Foreign office reference LC 3976/42/452 about the re-establishment of the above.

In his letter of the 23rd August to Orme Sargent, Lloyd gave the gist of a reply which he had sent to Filbert of the Treasury, accepting the view that the

scheme for the extended University involving a grant From United Kingdon funds must go into abeyance in present circumstances, but seeking Gilbert's Agreement to three propositions. Gilbert replied that the Treasury could not give us any assurance of agreement to the scheno in principle on which we hight advise long long to go ahead with it, using thetover funds might be found, on an understanding be reimbursement by 4.4.6. later. He said that the host the Treasury could agree to was a review of the project in the future. Gilbert further said that in ho circumstances could the Treasury consider the provision, even temporarily, of Colonial Development and welfare money for the purpose of educating Foreign students. Gilbert agreed to the third proposition, which was that the decision to defer the University scheme does not necessary commit us to the postponement of other projects for Hong Kong.

de have since bean considering, in consultation with the Governor, ways and means of finding the

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money

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