FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1936
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UNIVERSITY PLANNING COMMITTEE APPOINTED
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THE PLANNING COMMITTEE OF THE THIRD UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THE APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AND 16 MEMBERS TO THE COMMITTEE. DETAILS OF THE APPOINTMENTS WERE GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER MR CHENG HON-KWAN HAS BEEN APPOINTED DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE. HE IS AN ENGINEER BY PROFESSION AND HAS BEEN SERVING ON A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.
THE LOCAL LAY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE MR CHAN NAI-KEONG, FORMER SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS AND A FELLOW OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, MR STEPHEN CHEONG KAM-CHUEN, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AND AN INDUSTRIALIST, MR JACLAND LAI CHAK-LUN, HEADMASTER OF DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL MRS ALICE PIERA LAM LEE KIU-YUE, A BANKER AND A MEMBER OF THE SECURITIES COMMISSION, MR LAU WAH-SUM, A COMPANY MANAGING DIRECTOR WHO ALSO SERVES AS TREASURER FOR THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE AND THE COUNCIL OF THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE, MR ANDREW LI KWOK-NANG, A BARRISTER AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE, AND MR STEPHEN POON KWOK-LIM, DIVISIONAL MANAGER OF THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO. LTD.
THE FOUR OVERSEAS ACADEMICS ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE ARE: DR LINDSAY MICHAEL BIRT, VICE-CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND A PROFESSOR OF BIOCHEMISTRY. PROFESSOR GORDON ROBERT HIGGINSON, PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING AT DURHAM UNIVERSITY; PROFESSOR PETER GERALD MOORE, PROFESSOR OF STATISTICS AND OPERATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEPUTY PRINCIPAL OF THE LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL: AND DR WOO CHIA-WEI, PRESIDENT AND PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS OF SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY.
THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE LOCAL ACADEMICS FROM THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, THE TWO POLYTECHNICS AND THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE.
THEY ARE PROFESSOR CHEN TIEN-CHI, HEAD OF UNITED COLLEGE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND PROFESSOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ELECTRONICS PROFESSOR CHEUNG YAU-KAI, DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, DR Y.K. FAN, DEAN OF FACULTY OF BUSINESS, HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE: MR KEITH NIGEL HOUGHTON, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (ADMINISTRATION)/SECRETARY TO COUNCIL OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG, AND DR JOSHUA WONG SOOK-LEUNG, HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, WILL ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON VARIOUS MATTERS CONCERNING THE THIRD UNIVERSITY INCLUDING ITS NAME AND THE LEGISLATION REQUIRED, THE ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK, THE DETAILED ACADEMIC PROFILE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND THE PROGRAMME OF CONSTRUCTION.
THE THIRD UNIVERSITY IS INTENDED TO BE A GROUPING OF PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS EMPHASISING SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS STUDIES HAVING ITS FIRST INTAKE NO LATER THAN THE 1994-97 TRIENNIUM.
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