TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1980
COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO REVIEW POST-SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION
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WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR KEN TOPLEY IS TO RELINQUISH ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 20) HIS APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TO UNDERTAKE AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF HONG KONG'S HIGHER EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS AS FULL-TIME CHAIRMAN OF A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW POST-SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
IT IS INTENDED THAT ON COMPLETION OF THIS REVIEW MR TOPLEY SHOULD ASSUME A NEW POST OF SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.
THE REVIEW OF POST-SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HAS BEEN ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL IN THE LIGHT OF ADVICE FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE, THE REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
MR TOPLEY, AGED 58, FIRST JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS A CADET OFFICER IN NOVEMBER 1955. HE WAS PROMOTED THROUGH THE RANKS TO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A IN NOVEMBER 1972. DURING THAT PERIOD, HE HELD MANY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS, INCLUDING THOSE OF COMMISSIONER FOR CO-OPERATIVES AND FISHERIES, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR, SECRETARY OF UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS AND DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE. HE WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION IN SEPTEMBER 1974.
MR TOPLEY'S PLACE AS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION WILL BE FILLED BY THE PROMOTION OF MR COLVYN HAYE, CURRENTLY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.
MR HAYE IS 54. HE WAS FIRST APPOINTED AS AN EDUCATION OFFICER IN JUNE 1953. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER IN SEPTEMBER 1962, TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION IN MAY 1969 AND TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION IN NOVEMBER 1975.
FULL MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW POST-SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS AS FOLLOWS:
CHAIRMAN 1 THE HON K.W.J. TOPLEY, CMG, JP
MEMBERS
THE HON S.L. CHEN, OBE, JP
MR Q.W. LEE, CBE, JP
DR C.J. SYMONS, CBE, JP
MR ANDREW LI
MRS E.L. ALLEYNE, MBE, JP
DR CHEN FONG-CHING
DR Y.K. CHING, JP
SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
(THE HON E.P. HO, JP)
SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES (THE HON D.G. JEAFFRESON, JP) DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY
(MR HENRY CHING, JP) DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
(MR C.H. HAYE, JP) SECRETARY UPGC
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(MR W.M. BRADLEY, JP)
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