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J N Cohen Esq Department of Trade 1 Victoria Street London SW1H OET

CRE 31453

HKK 9/3

2 July 1975

1.

Would you please refer to your letter of 30 June concerning aid to the Hong Kong Polytechnic and the four Technical Institutes. 2. Firstly, may I say that aid is not being made available in the form of a loan. It has been agreed that the 0.5 million for the Polytechnic and the £0.4 million for the Technical Institutes will be met from Technical Assistance funds. We in Hong kong and Indian Ocean Department have not heard any voices raised in opposition to the provision of these grants, though, of course, it is generally

The recognised that Hong Kong is not an aid-worthy territory. current state of play is that papers are being prepared to present

These to the Ministry of Overseas Development Projects Committee. papers are not so much to justify the provision of the rants, since both have been promised publicly by an FCO Minister, but to satisfy the Projects Committee as to the manner in which they are to be spent.

3.

I hope this answers your query; if you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

تدان

PI p.4.

VW-B.

EV Wade-Brown

Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Department