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Councils, commonly referred to as the UMELCO Office,
which investigates complaints made by the public
against the Government. The Governor has said that
he and the Hong Kong Government will strive to make
Hong Kong a place in which the people will want to
work and live. In carrying out this policy ke
naturally wishes to involve the people of Hong Kong
as closely as possible in the future development of
Hong Kong. To illustrate this point, there have
recently been two very successful community campaigns
in Hong Kong. One of these was the "Keep Hong Kong
Clean" campaign. The second was the action to fight
the increase in violent crime in Hong Kong. Both
involved looal committees of volunteers who played
a-leading part in planning the campaigns and in
carrying them out.
Finally, Dr Davies mentions the Hong Kong Government's
contribution to the cost of students' education. The
Hong Kong Government have a scheme of student
financing under which public funds are made available
for outright grants and interest-free loans to needy
students at the two universities in Hong Kong. This
fmanual year
The
scheme was introduced in 1969/70 In the financial
year 1972/73 the amounts of grant and loan funds were
HK$ 3.78 million and HK$ 9.82 million respectively.
There are also fee remission schemes for secondary
schools
Please do not hesitate to write again if you need
further information.
herewith.
I return Dr Davies' letter
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