CO129-610-2 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University 9-1-1948 - 18-1-1949 — Page 89

Arriet Dée, end Such assistance could therefore

could

be justified only on ground that it could

profitably be used within (roughly) pre-war

limits; since both Hong Kong Government

assistance and H. M. G.'s grant are already

available, any request. for C.D. & W. assistance

over and above amounts thus available would

require a great deal of justification.

4. Your paragraph 5. It remains a

reasonable supposition that opening of

Malayan University would reduce the

number of students from Malaya and Hong Kong.

5. Your paragraph 6. I cannot accept

II.M.G.

,000

suggestion that .. G. 's free grant of $250,000

is being used "as a pretext" for refusing a

could

grant from C. D. & W. funds. Nor I accept

any

(though I feel sure this was not intended) implication that E. M.C.'s generosity

in granting £250,000 towards the University

imposes on H.. G. an obligation to multiply

that amount by two. The position is as

set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 above.

6.

Your paragraph 7. I heartily

endorse your view that it would be rash to

utilise the whole of H. M. G.'s grant on capital

development involving recurrent charges which

it might be difficult to meet.

7. May I suggest that considered plans

for rehabilitation and development of University

be

to meet Colony's needs/now worked out and start thereafter

be

Detailed explanation fumished as to perproved utilisation. ther explain in de

detail

t is proposed to

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