§ Captain Gammansasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what arrangements have been made to give financial help to Chinese British subjects from Malaya and Hong Kong who are completing their studies at Chungking and in other parts of Free China?
§ Colonel StanleyThe Relief Department of His Majesty's Embassy in China extends assistance to students of Hong Kong University, and students from Malaya and other British territories who managed to reach Free China and are in need of financial help. The Department is1604W assisted by a Hong Kong University Relief Committee which contains both Chinese and British members. The Chinese Government, who are represented on this committee, have been most generous in admitting such students to national universities of China and granting them free tuition and dormitory accommodation together with a monthly loan up to §140 a head to cover cost of food. In addition, such students received through the Embassy Relief Department a monthly personal allowance of §150. Allowances were also made to them up to §1,000, to cover travelling and living expenses up to the time of their admission to a Chinese University, and of §850 for special personal requirements for clothing, etc.