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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1982
* DIRECTOR OF HOUSING -
MR DAVID FORD (PREVIOUSLY COMMISSIONER, HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON, PRESENTLY
ON STUDY LEAVE) VICE MR BERNARD WILLIAMS RETIRING.
* SECRETARY GENERAL, STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE
SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE -
*
MR ALAN BRISTOW (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES SINCE
AUGUST 1979) VICE MR J. CHAMBERS.
COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR
MR RON BRIDGE (DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION SINCE MARCH 1978 )
VICE MR N. HENDERSON -
* REGIONAL SECRETARY, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON
HR LAWRENCE MILLS (DIRECTOR OF TRADE SINCE SEPTEMBER 1977)
VICE MR G. BARNES.
* DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES -
MR PETER TSAO (DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY SINCE JANUARY 1979)
VICE MR R. SUN.
* COMMISSIONER FOR TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING
MR ROBERT SUN (DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES SINCE
JANUARY 1980) VICE MR N. WATT, RETIRING.
* DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES -
MR CHUI KAM (DIRECTOR, CITY SERVICES SINCE DECEMBER 1981)
VICE MR A. BRISTOW -
* DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY
MR JOHN YAXLEY (POLICE ADMINISTRATION OFFICER SINCE
SEPTEMBER 1980) VICE MR P. TSAO.
* DIRECTOR OF TRADE
MR HAMISH MACLEOD (DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, TSUEN WAN SINCE
FEBRUARY 1982)VICE MR ́L. MILLS.
GREATER EXPANSION SEEN FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION
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+TERTIARY EDUCATION IN HONG KONG HAS SEEN SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE LAST DECADE AND WILL BE EXPANDING AT AN EVEN HIGHER RATE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, SAID THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION, MR K.W.J. TOPLEY, AT TODAY'S PO LEUNG KUK DIRECTORS' LUNCHEON MEETING.
MR TOPLEY CITED AS AN EXAMPLE THE GROWTH IN THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT POPULATION, WHICH INCREASED FROM LESS THAN 1 000 BEFORE 1956 TO THE PRESENT 11 200. HE SAID THAT THE UNIVERSITIES NOW GREW AT A RATE OF FOUR PER CENT A YEAR, WHICH EXCEEDED THE TARGET OF THREE PER CENT GROWTH RATE LAID DOWN IN THE 1978 WHITE PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY AND ERTIARY EDUCATION.
/ADDITIONALLY, TO