THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 198
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CENTENNIA
HE HAS JUST LED HIS DEPARTMENT IN CELEBRATING ITS AS THE OLDEST CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FEPARTMENT IN THE U.S., AND IS SET FOR A WELL-EARNED SABBATICAL.
PROFESSOR WEI
OI IS A NATIVE
NOW
ZHUHAI, IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE JUST ACROSS THE BORDER FROM MACAO, BUT WAS BORN IN SHANGHAI.
HE LIVED IN HONG KONG IN THE LATE FORTIES. HE SPEAKS CANTONESE, MANDARIN, AND SHANGHAINESE FLUENTLY.
DEGREE IN 1952 FROM GEORGIA
HE RECEIVED HIS BACCALAUREATTE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MASTER'S I 1954 AND DOCTORATE IN MIT. HE IS MARRIED TO VIRGINIA HONG AND HAS THREE CHILDREN.
1955 FROM
COMMONWEALTH HONOUR FOR BROADCASTING CHIEF
* * * * *
CHEUNG MAN-YRE, HAS BI.EN THE DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MISS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION.
MISS CHEUNG SUCCEEDS MR MICHAEL CHECKLAND, DIRECTOR GENERAL THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION.
OF
THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE BY
THE
СВА
IN SECRETARIAT
LONDON
TODAY (THURSDAY).
MR ALVA CLARKE, SAID THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE (BA, DECISION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE WAS UNANIMOUS.
THE
HE
OUT THAT ALSO POINTED
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME A THE BROADCASTING CHIEF IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION HAD BEEN ELECTED TO PRESIDENCY OF THE CEA.
MISS CHEUNG IS ALSO THE FIRST WOMAN TO HEAD THE ASSOCIATION.
THERI ARE
MEMBERS 6
COMMONWEALTH IN EUROPE, AFRICA,
E THE
ASIA-PACIFIC,
ASSOCIATION THROUGHOUT AUSTRALAS LA,
THE THE
CARIBBEAN AND NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA.
IT WAS FOUNDED IN BRITAIN IN FEBRUARY 1945 AND BROADCASTING UNION IN THE WORLD.
то
ACTIVITIES, OF
BROADCASTING
THE
IS THE OLDEST
ORGANISATIONS,
THE CBA SET AN EXAMPLE
ADVANTAGES THE COMPLEXITY OF THEIR TOGETHER IN ONE GROUPING OR ANOTHER TO MEET THE CHALLENGES THE PROFESSION,
GIVEN
OF JOINING THAT FACE
RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG BECAMI- A MEMBER OF THE CBA IN 1968. THE CBA'S 1984 CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN HONG KONG, WITH RTHK AS HOST.
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