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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1986

FOR THE APPROVED CAMPUS REDEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN WHICH WOULD ADD FIVE NEW BUILDINGS, FUNDING HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PLANS FOR THE FIRST THREE BUILDINGS TO BE USED FOR STUDENT AMENITIES, THE COMMUNICATION COURSE AND INDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES.

MEANWHILE, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ACADEMIC STAFF HAD IMPROVED QUANTITATIVELY AND QUALITATIVELY, HE SAID.

+THE NEWLY-CREATED SENIOR POSITIONS OF THE TWO VICE-PRESIDENTS AND FOUR FULL-TIME FACULTY DEANS WERE FILLED, AND THE NUMBER OF SENIOR ACADEMIC POSTS WAS INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT DESPITE THE ZERO GROWTH, HE ADDED.

MR WONG ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE STOCK OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH EQUIPMENT HAD INCREASED, PARTICULARLY IN THE SCIENCE COURSES AND IN COMPUTING WHILE SERVICES OF THE LIBRARY HAD BEEN EXPANDED.

HE SAID THAT THE COLLEGE LIBRARY HAD RECEIVED A COLLECTION OF 10 000 ADDITIONAL BOOKS AND 200 NEW TITLES IN PERIODICALS AND HAJ ACQUIRED A COMPUTERISED LIBRARY AUTOMATION SYSTEM.

+ IN ADDITION TO THE FULL-TIME ACADEMIC COURSES, THE COLLEGE' 3 DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION HAS CONTINUED TO GROW IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY DEMANDS FOR OPEN EDUCATION, HE ADDED.

AS A MEMBER OF BOTH THE COLLEGE'S BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND IT3 COUNCIL, MR WONG SAID THAT THE COUNCIL WAS PLEASED WITH THE GOOD PROGRESS WHICH HAD BEEN MADE, AND ABOVE ALL, WAS SATISFIED THAT AN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WAS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE COLLEGE WERE SPENT IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAYS.

CITY POLYTECHNIC TO FURTHER ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY

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THE CITY POLYTECHNIC WAS FULLY CONSCIOUS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH IN A NEW HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION, IF ACADEMIC CREDIBILITY WAS TO BE ESTABLISHED AND ACADEMIC STAFF OF THE APPROPRIATE CALIBRE ATTRACTED, THE HON S.L. CHEN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR CHEN WAS SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHEN HE TABLED THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC AND ITS 1984-85 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS.

+ ALREADY A SOLID RESEARCH BASE IS BEING DEVELOPED WITH THE ALLOCATION OF $1 MILLION BY THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE, AND THE LINKS BEING FORGED WITH INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS ARE PRODUCING EXTERNALLY-FUNDED RESEARCH INITIATIVES, INCLUDING ONE GRANT OF $500 000, HE SAID.

/ACADEMIC CREDIBILITY