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to establish scheduled services to China. If pressed about charter flights to Peking and Shanghai, she would have to say that this is a decision for the Hong Kong Government (whose policy is generally that there should be only one carrier per point).
NINGBO UNIVERSITY
Sir Y K Pao paid for the construction of a new university at Ningbo, his place of birth. There are now
2,000 students already studying there and further expansion is underway. Sir Y K Pao has proposed that the Ningbo University library (to be completed in 1990) should be named after the Prime Minister. If asked, the Prime Minister could make it clear that we are ready to make a contribution of books to the library. The British Council are in touch with the Chinese State Education Commission about this. The Council could also arrange a formal link between Ningbo and a university in Britain.
SINO BRITISH FRIENDSHIP SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME (SBFSS)
The SBFSS is jointly funded by the State Education Commission, the ODA and the Sir Y K Pao foundation. In 1987/88, its first year of operation, 336 students came to Britain under the scheme. Fürther expansion is. planned. But Sir Y K Pao has expressed concern about the level of fees charged by universities to visiting scholars and the cost of English language training for Chinese students here. If raised, the Prime Minister could reassure Sir Y K Pao that we are aware of these problems and that we are seeing what can be done to alleviate them.
CAMBRIDGE OVERSEAS TRUST
It is possible that Sir Y K Pao may also refer to the newly established Cambridge Overseas Trust, which is chaired by the Prince of Wales and in which both Sir Y K Pao and the Foreign Secretary are participating as trustees. The Prime Minister can certainly express her welcome for this worthwhile cause, the purpose of
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