TIMAAL
Letter to issue
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Hle B 04014
From:
R M Marsden
Hong Kong Department
Date:
22 September 1989
cc : PS/Mr Maude
Mr Gillmore
Mr Elam, CRD
Mr McLaren
Private Secretary
INVITATIONS TO LUNCH WITH TRUSTEES OF CROUCHER FOUNDATION
Problem
JGT
157)
1. A letter from Lord Butterfield, inviting the Secretary of State
to attend a lunch on 20 October with the Trustees of the Croucher
Foundation.
Recommendation
2. I recommend that the Secretary of State reply to Lord
Butterfield in terms of the attached draft.
Background
A 3. Lord Butterfield has invited the Secretary of State to an
informal lunch with Trustees of the Croucher Foundation on
20 October. As the enclosure to his letter was missing, the
department has already been in touch with Lord Butterfield.
B,C
4.
The Croucher Foundation is named after Mr Noel Croucher, one of
Hong Kong's most eminent financiers who died in 1980. A history of
the Croucher Foundation and a list of the Trustees are attached.
The value of the Trust is now estimated at some £70 million.
5. The main aims of the Trust are to provide scholarships for young Hong Kong Chinese of outstanding ability in the fields of science,
technology or medicine to undertake post-graduate study and research
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.