20. He was hoping to recruit between 5 and 9 (according to how
his establishment was finalised) new staff in 1975, including a
Principal Lecturer to develop civil engineering laboratory work.
was however worried about how he was going to attract teachers at
the Lecturer level, whether locally or from abroad.
With no
children he said he and his wife spent every penny he got, and he thought the outlook was bleak for people on the lecturer scafe
with children.
21. Mr. Peke particularly asked if, when TETOC interviews civil
engineering candidates, Mr. R. Wills of Hatfield Polytechnic could
be engaged as technical assessor.
(9) Electrical Engineering Department - Mr. W.W.C. Gee
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22.
The headship of this department is vacant, and Mr Gee is
the acting head. The present teaching strength is 17, eight of
whom are Chinese. Seven are Senior Lecturers as against only three
lecturers for the usual reason. One of the latter, Dr. J. Burnett,
had applied for an alternative post at the Singapore Polytechnic,
again, because of the inevitable insufficient salary.
23. The main requirement in the 1975 recruitment programme arose
from the need to train engineers for the utilisation and control
aspects of installation work on the large number of housing blocks
going up in the territory. At present there was no course that
comprehensively covered this type of work.
(10) Electronic Engineering Department - Dr. S.L.J. Wong
24. Dr. Wong who together with Mr. Gee, had a joint session with
me, spoke exclusively of the technical specialisations that would be
sought in candidates. He needed teachers in the following fields :
Semi-conductor technology
The application and fabrication of integrated circuits Control engineering he explained that while Mr. Gee's department would be concerned with the utilisation of a "black box", his was concerned with its content
Communication Engineering there would be a preference for a generalist with experience of satellite communication.
The application of mini-computers and micro-processing
25. Dr Wong said motivation was important in his staff. He
explained that in Hong Kong it was possible to see the whole proces:
of development as opposed to just one, limited
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in Europe or America.
He claimed that Hang Kane had