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Ms Saunders HKD

HKB 285/1 RECE ~INISTRY

INC

05 JUL 1993

PA

REGISTRY Action Nake

SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES FOR HONG KONG

1.

Pa

Schooships

Thank you for sending over the final versions of your Department's two letters to Hong Kong - of 3 June to Mr Chan, and 7 June to Hugh Davies.

2.

There appears to be a couple of misprints in the latter. It may be too late to do anything about these, but my understanding is that

(i)

10

...

para 3 should read as follows,

we cannot agree to the Executive Council's proposal that all HMG's savings from the phase-out of the Scheme should be redeployed to UK/Hong Kong Scholarships, the programme of merit scholarships with which the BTC are already involved, " (the total value of UK/Hong Kong

Scholarships could scarcely be described as "small"),

and

(ii)

para 8 should read as follows,

and a

£0.5 million co-sponsorship programme will fund some 33 full costs scholarships

scover

M J Long

Head of Overseas Students Policy Section

Cultural Relations Department

22 June 1993