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10.
Sir Y K Pao chaired the second annual meeting of the
supervising Commission in Hong Kong on 2 June. Britain's representative was ODA's Chief Education Adviser, Dr Iredale, who is Joint British Commissioner, along with Mr John Caines, Permanent Secretary, ODA.
E. NINGBO STEELWORKS
11.
The
Sir Y K Pao, who comes from Ningbo, is promoting this project (estimated cost £1 billion). He was told in 1986 by the Prime Minister and other Ministes that we cannot provide ATP. The minimum
grant allowed under OECD concensus rules would be about £300m. Embassy told the Chinese this in January, but said that we might consider funding a small separate project in the region if it could
be done without breaching international obligations. There has been
no response.
F. NINGBO UNIVERSITY
12. Sir Y K Pao has also funded the setting up of a university in Ningbo. Mr George Walden attended the inauguration in
November. The ODA are looking at ways of supporting the university (e.g. provision of books) within their existing programme, and have asked the British Council in Peking to discuss this with the State
Education Commission.
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