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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1987

MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL FIVE INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG FUNDED BY TRE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE. THEY ARE DIRECTOR OF PART-TIME DEGREE STUDIES, CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, DR L.M. NO; HEAD OF THE DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION, HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE, DR C.C. WAN; LEGCO MEMBER AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (ACADEMIC SERVICES AND CONTINUING EDUCATION), HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, MRS RITA FAN; DIRECTOR OF CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG, DR DAVID JOHNS AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY.

MR WELLS EMPHASISED THAT THE TRAINING AND RE-TRAINING FUNCTION OF THE OLI MADE THE APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMERCE AND OTHER SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY EQUALLY IMPORTANT.

WITH THIS IN MIND, FIVE LOCAL LAY MEMBERS HAVE BERN APPOINTED TO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE. THEY ARE: AN EXPERIENCED ENGINEER AND A MEMBER OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CARLOS CHEUNG HON-KAU; AN INDUSTRIALIST WITH EXPERIENCE ON OTHER COMMITTEES CONCERNED WITH TECHNICAL BDUCATION, MISS LILY CHIANG; DIRECTOR OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY PRESS AND FORMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MR TSIM TAK-LUNG; AN URBAN COUNCILLOR, MR SAMUEL P.W. WONG, WHO RUNS A FIRM OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND HAS LONG BEEN INTERESTED IN OPEN EDUCATION; AND A WELL-KNOWN ECONOMIST, ACADEMIC AND JOURNALIST, MR LEO GOODSTADT.

FOUR

APPOINTMENTS HAVE

BEEN MADE TO REPRESENT THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND TO RAISE THE STATUS OF THE OLI OVERSEAS.

UNIVERSITY OF

THE

THESE ARE DEAN OF THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, DR IAN MUGRIDGE; PRINCIPAL OF THE OPEN COLLEGE OF EAST ASIA IN MACAU, PROFESSOR DON SWIFT; SPECIAL COMMISSIONER COMMONWEALTH TERTIARY EDUCATION COMMISSION IN AUSTRALIA, MR RICHARD JOHNSON AND PRO-VICE-CHANCELLOR (DEGREEE STUDIES) UNIVERSITY (UKOU), PROFESSOR DAVID MURRAY.

THE

UK OPEN

EX-OFFICIO

WHICH THAT WORLD-WIDE.

PROFESSOR MURRAY'S APPOINTMENT IS AS AN REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UKOU, REFLECTING THE MAJOR ROLE INSTITUTION PLAYS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN EDUCATION THE OTHER OVERSEAS ACADEMICS WILL SERVE IN THEIR PERSONAL CAPACITIES.

THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE REPRESENTED ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR RON BRIDGE; AND A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER WHO WILL ACT

AS SECRETARY.

THAT

MR WELLS POINTED OUT PLANNING COMMITTEE WOULD FOLLOW A APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

IN

CARRYING OUT ITS TASK, THE COMPREHENSIVE SET OF GUIDELINES

"THESE COVER IN GREATER DETAIL THAN THE TERMS OF REFERENCE TASKS WHICH THE PLANNING COMMITTEE WILL HAVE TO ACHIEVE, HE SAID.

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