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immediately.

(ii) That a further £250,000 should be made

available for use by the University from

the Colonial Development and Welfare

Higher Education allocation.

The second of these recommendations was

considered by the Colonial University Grants

Advisory Committee, who advised that it should

be accepted. The Secretary of State therefore

informed the Government of Hong Kong that he

had approved the provision of £250,000 from

the C. D. & W. Higher Education allocation for

the University and indicated that he would,

subject to the fulfilment of the conditions

necessary for the University to become an

administering authority, be prepared to

consider individual C.D. & W. schemes up

to this limit. These conditions referred to

the accounting arrangements necessary for

both grants. I enclose a copy of the relevant

savingram for your information.

With regard to the first of the

recommendations, it is urgently necessary

for building work to start in Hong Kong as

soon as possible. As you will see from the

Inter-University Council's Report, the

now

University authorities at have a definite

and well thought out plan to equip themselves

to do their job in a fully effective way.

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