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FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1983
POLYTECHNIC OFFERING ANOTHER DEGREE COURSE
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE, GIVEN ITS APPROVAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL DEGREE COURSE TO BE STARTED AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC FROM SEPTEMBER.
THE COURSE TO BE OFFERED IS AN HONOURS DEGREE PROGRAMME IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WHICH WILL LAST FOUR YEARS,
INCLUDING ONE YEAR OF FULL-TIME ATTACHMENT TO INDUSTRY.
THE OTHER DEGREES TO BE OFFERED AT THE POLYTECHNIC FROM THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR ARE :
* BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK
* BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONOURS) IN COMPUTING STUDIES
* BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) OR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
APPLIED SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICES, AND
* BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS) IN ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
THESE DEGREE PROPOSALS BY THE POLYTECHNIC WERE EXAMINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY. THE CNAA WILL REVALIDATE THE COURSES AFTER SIX YEARS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ESTABLISHED PROCEDURE.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID FURTHER PROPOSALS FOR DEGREE COURSES AT THE POLYTECHNIC ARE BEING CONSIDERED AND OTHERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MADE AS THE POLYTECHNIC DEVELOPS A RANGE OF COURSES WITHIN ITS OVERALL CEILING OF 4 000 DEGREE-LEVEL STUDENTS.
SHEK WU HUI DEVELOPMENT
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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $66.7 MILLION SITE FORMATION CONTRACT TO LINGKING CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. AS PART OF A CONTINUING PROGRAMME TO DEVELOP SHEK WU HUI.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT WORK ON THE PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE FORMATION OF A SITE FOR THE NEW SHEUNG SHUT ABATTOIR AND A LARGE SITE IN SHEK WU HUI FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
A SECTION OF JOCKEY CLUB ROAD BETWEEN MAN KAM TO ROAD AND THE SHEK WU HUI JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC WOULD ALSO BE IMPROVED TO BECOME A DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY UNDER THE CONTRACT.
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