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Friday, March 29, 1974
RE-APPOINTMENT OF POLYTECHNIC BOARD OF GOVERNORS
The Governor has re-appointed the unofficial members of the
Polytechnic Board of Governors to serve for a further term of two
or three years.
With the re-appointment of these members, gazetted today,
the composition of the Board remains unchanged.
The members are: Dr. Chung Sze-yuen (Chairwan), Mr. James
M. H. Wu (Deputy Chairman ) Sir Lawrence Kadoorie, Mr. Lee Quo-wei
Mr. Jack G. Tang, Mr. Francis Y.H. Tien, Mr. P.G. Williams and Dr. Yung
Chi tung.
In addition, two serving members, Mr. S.L. Chen and Dr. Rayson
Lisung Huang, will continue on the Board for the duration of their appointments.
Commenting on the re-appointments a government spokesman said:
"The government is grateful that all eight unofficials have been willing
to accept re-appointment at this crucial stage in the development of the
Polytechnic."
The Board, which is the Polytechnic's highest policy making body,
was appointed in April 1972 and took over the former Technical College
in August of the same year to form the Hong Kong Polytechnic.
It immediately embarked upon an expansion programme which involved
increasing the enrolment of full-time equivalent students from 1,800 in
September 1972 to 8,000 in 1977/78.
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