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4. THE NUMBER OF ATTRACTIVE PROPOSALS IN OUR PRIORITY SECTORS EXCEEDS CAPACITY OF OUR AID FRAMEWORK ALLOCATION, AND OUR BUDGET IS UNDER PRESSURE. ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES IS EXCLUDING FCO SAS AWARDS TO REDUCE THE PROPORTION OF THE BUDGET SPENT ON TRAINING (SOME 54 PERCENT IN 1992/93) SO AS TO BE ABLE TO DEVOTE MORE FUNDS TO PRIORITY PROJECTS.
5. OUR INCLINATION IS TO SEEK TO AVOID AN EXTENSION OF SBFSS AND TO USE THE RESULTANT SAVINGS ON HIGH PROFILE ENVIRONMENT AND BETTER GOVERNMENT PROJECTS. WE BELIEVE OUR REPRESENTATIONS AT THE COMMISSIONERS MEETING SHOULD SEEK TO PROMOTE THIS OUTCOME. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PLANNED THAT SBFSS SHOULD END IN 1997 AND WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT PAO FOUNDATION WISH TO EXTEND IT. OUR IMPRESSION IS THAT THEY DO NOT. ODA WOULD OF COURSE CONTINUE TO FUND SUBSTANTIAL UK TRAINING THROUGH TRAINING ASSOCIATED WITH OUR TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROJECTS, FCOSAS AND THE ROYAL FELLOWSHIP SCHEME.
6. WE PROPOSE TO CONSIDER, NEARER 1997, WHETHER WE MIGHT ENCOURAGE TO PAO FOUNDATION TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE COST OF OTHER ODA ACTIVITIES IN CHINA, E.G. ENVIRONMENT/BETTER GOVERNMENT PROJECTS IN SOUTH CHINA, AFTER THE SCHEME ENDS.
7. WE DO NOT FEEL THIS REPRESENTS A CONTROVERSIAL OR RADICAL APPROACH. NEVERTHELESS IN VIEW OF CURRENT POLITICAL SENSITIVITIES OVER HONG KONG ISSUES, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION THAT YOU SEE NO POLITICAL IMPEDIMENT TO OUR PROCEEDING ON THIS BASIS.
8. WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH FED AND HKD TO WHOM THIS IS COPIED.
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