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appointed at the senior ranks.
facilities for
Substantial improvements were made
in equipment, library collection, and computing as well as other
support
teaching, learning, and research. The
per
cent library collection expanded by 15 to reach a new high of 175,000 volumes, and the library's fully-integrated automation system continued to bring about qualitative upgrading in its services to
the users. Research output by staff
staff took a sharp upward turn.
Intensive work on the various new buildings in the campus redevelopment programme continued unabated, culminating in the
commencement of construction work of two new buildings.
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bodies,
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The year's increase in public funding was matched by an
encouraging increase in the support received from the private sector of the community. As a lay person serving on the College's most gratified that the College has constantly reminded itself that in the long run a higher education
institution can only be
be as strong as the community served by it will allow it to be. During the 1986-87 year, the Executive Council agreed that the limit for the proportion of the college's cat students
students on degree courses should be lifted to 75% of the total enrolment, and at the same time gave the UPGC the discretion to
lift that limit further. This blessing of the Government will
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per cent
C indeed go a long way towards prompting the college to work even
harder to contribute its part for building a better tomorrow for Hong Kong through the provision of quality higher education to our aspiring and deserving youth.
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