TNAG-0289-FCO40-325-Departmental-briefs-on-Hong-Kong-1971 — Page 57

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6.

SINGAPORE

Planners' Grade D.

CONFIDENTIAL

Scott Top Twenty'.

(a) Expenditure

1971-72

1970-71

FCC/COI/HMSO

72,173

69,957

British Council

35,437

31,683

Totals

107,650

101,394

(b) Staff

1 Grade 5

9 L.E.s

(c) Comments

(i) Operational

(ii)

(iii)

Singapore was inspected in June of last year, as

a result of which a considerable overhaul took

place, with a view to cutting out marginal

activities and placing more emphasis on

commercial work.

Future Developments

No developments are foreseen which might have an

effect on information activity or expenditure.

British Council and BBC

The British Council is active in Singapore. Both

the Chinese Service and the Indonesian/Malay

Service of BBC are received. The costs of these

are £80,600 and £48,000 respectively.

The BBC

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CONFIDENTIAL

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