WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1984
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MR BRAY WAS SPEAKING WHILE MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE HONG KONG ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS BILL (1984) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THE BILL, HE EXPLAINED, SEEKS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS AS A LEGAL ENTITY. BUILDING WORK ON THE ACADEMY WAS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS AND MOST OF THE STAFF HAD BEEN RECRUITED AND IT WAS TIME TO GIVE THE ACADEMY STATUTORY EXISTENCE BEFORE ENROLLING ITS FIRST STUDENTS.
THE OBJECTS OF THE ACADEMY ARE +TO FOSTER AND PROVIDE FOR THE TRA IN ING, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND RELATED TECHNICAL ARTS, MR BRAY SAID.
THE ACADEMY IS ESTABLISHED AS AN INCORPORATED BODY WITH THE GOVERNOR AS PRESIDENT AND IS TO BE GOVERNED BY A COUNCIL COMPRISING THE DIRECTOR, TWO MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE ELIGIBLE STAFF FROM THE IR NUMBER, AND NOT MORE THAN 15 OTHER MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, OF WHOM NOT MORE THAN SIX SHALL BE PUBLIC OFFICERS.
MR BRAY SAID ALSO THAT PERFORMING ARTS HAD TAKEN GREAT STRIDES IN HONG KONG AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMY AND HIS STAFF WERE MOST ENCOURAGED BY THE TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM AND TALENT FOUND IN HONG KONG.
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THE BUILDING, HE SAID.
HE SAID, IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD+.
+ IN SPITE OF THE BUILDING'S COMPLEXITY IT STILL LOOKS AS THOUGH ITS COST WILL BE CONTAINED WITHIN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET AND THE BUILDING OPENED ON TIME, + MR BRAY SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
HK POLYTECHNIC PLANS THREE MORE DEGREE COURSES
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THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC PLANS TO INTRODUCE THREE MORE DEGREE COURSES - IN CIVIL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, AND DESIGN.
+THESE COURSES HAVE BEEN VALIDATED BY THE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL ACADEMIC AWARDS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR INTRODUCTION IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, THE HON S.L. CHEN TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
TABLING THE 11TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POLYTECHNIC, COVERING THE YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 1983, HE SAID IT WAS A YEAR OF MODEST EXPANSION IN STUDENT NUMBERS.
/+BUT IT