TNAG-0535-FCO40-630-UK-aid-to-Hong-Kong-Polytechnic-and-technical-institutions-1976 — Page 56

Registry

No.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret.

DRAFT MINUTE

Type 1 +

To:-

Secret.

Confidential.

Mr Burr

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

ODM Room A527

FROM

DF Milton

Telephone No. Ext.

Department HKIOD

In Confidence

paragraph 3 of Inf his minute of 20 820 August to MR Williams,

a member

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

1.

Would you please refer to Mr O'Keeffe's minutes of 20 August and 26 September and to your letter of 9 September, 1 concerning the above

grants.

2.

Mr G A Hunting, of TEFOC, visited Hong Kong

To disculos vonious. Wohnical education maltos in September and we have just received a copy of tha

dealing with those contatto grants!

To This draft reportaking with these

draft report We think it is a most comprehensive and valuable report and I am

12° O'Keeffe anticipated hart of a reset by of TETOC to Hong Kong. In the event

From porograph 5 of

Part I

of the Report

forwarding to you since it provides much up to

i date material which should assist

in the

preparation of a case to be put to the Minister før approval of the grants.

B. We have not attempted to isolate any specific sections for consideration, though it can be seen that there is now some urgency about placing the orders for equipment. fact, we hope it will further papers for the 4.thy should add ital

inevitable delays

In consideration of this not be necessary to produce Strengthen our case for direct Ministerial

Projects Committee, with all

We consider Mr Hunting's phasing of expenditure, as included in paragraph 89, to be very optimistic. Even if all the equipment as specified in the annexes was to be ordered in the next 2-3 weeks, very little expenditure would fall into the current financial year. Indeed taking account of delays as

of delays as a result of having to use Crown Agents for procurement may result in a considerable amount of the expenditure slipping into 1977/78.

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