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borne from the UK contribution. However, both the Chinese and Sir Y K Pao pressed strongly for HMG to cover these separately. Sir Y K telexed the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State. The Prime Minister has now replied confirming that we will do so. This will allow the scheme to make around 350, rather than 300 new awards a year (if all awards are of one year duration).
5. More generally, we have been working vigorously for some time to increase the number of Chinese students in Britain. There are currently some 1400 (of whom just under half receive support from HMG), compared with around 800 in 1984/85. The primarly channel is ODA. China is also the greatest beneficiary under the FCO SAS Scheme (currently 58 awards; although this is outside the special arrangements for Malaysia, Hong Kong and Cyprus).
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