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+ IF THE GOVERNMENT AGREES WITH THE COMMENCEMENT OF COURSES IN 1984. TEMPORARY TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATION ACCOMMODATION WILL NEED TO BE FOUND AS CONSTRUCTION WORK AT THE TAT CHEE AVENUE SITE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED UNTIL 1988 AT THE VERY EARLIEST, + MR TOPLEY POINTED OUT.
ON THE QUESTION OF STAFF, SIR S.Y. SAID HIS COMMITTEE HAD JUST COMPLETED THE TASK OF RECRUITING A DIRECTOR FOR THE NEW POLYTECHNIC, OUT OF MORE THAN 100 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED LOCALLY AND FROM BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA AND NORTH AMERICA, FIVE CANDIDATES WERE INTERVIEWED IN HONG KONG OVER THE WEEK BEGINNING MARCH 14, 1983.
+THE PLANNING COMMITTEE IS MOST PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THAT AN OFFER OF APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY PROF DAVID JOHNS, WHO SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE UP HIS POST AS FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, SIR S.Y. SAID.
PROF JOHNS IS CURRENTLY THE SENIOR PRO VICE CHANCELLOR OF LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN BRITAIN. AGED 51, HE IS AN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER BY TRAINING. HE GRADUATED FIRST FROM BRISTOL UNIVERSITY AND LATER OBTAINED A DOCTORATE FROM LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY. HE IS A CHARTERED ENGINEER AND A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY, THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT, THE INSTITUTE OF ACOUSTICS AND THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS. PROF JOHNS HAS A DISTINGUISHED CAREER BOTH IN INDUSTRY AND IN TEACHING IN BRITAIN.
+THE PLANNING COMMITTEE WAS MOST IMPRESSED BY PROF JOHNS' QUALITIES AND HAS EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT THE NEW POLYTECHNIC WILL BE OFF TO A FINE START UNDER HIS DIRECTION,+ SIR S.Y. SAID.
REFERRING TO THE RECRUITMENT OF OTHER SENIOR STAFF, SIR S.Y. SAID THE PLANNING COMMITTEE WOULD SHORTLY BE ADVERTISING A NUMBER OF KEY POSTS BOTH LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS WITH A VIEW TO GETTING A TEAM TOGETHER UNDER PROF JOHNS TO START THE MORE DETAILED PLANNING FOR AS EARLY A START AS POSSIBLE OF THE FIRST COURSES OF THE NEW POLYTECHNIC,
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR MARCH
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR MARCH 1983 WERE 140 AND 139 RESPECTIVELY, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY).
COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1983, CPI(A) INCREASED BY 2 POINTS OR 1.4 PER CENT AND CPI(B) BY 1 POINT OR 0.7 PER CENT. COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH OF 1982, CPI(A) ROSE BY 13 POINTS OR 10.2 PER CENT AND CPI(B) BY 13 POINTS OR 10.3 PER CENT,
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDING IN MARCH 1983, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.8 PER CENT EACH MONTH AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(B), 0.7 PER CENT.
/DURING MARCH,