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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1988

TODAY'S WORKING GROUP MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MRS CARRIE YAU. LOCAL COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORKING GROUP ARE MR LAU WONG-FAT, MR CHAN WU-CHING, MISS WAN SHUI-LING AND MR POON CHIN-HUNG.

PRESENT AT THE MEETING TODAY WERE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE, TUEN MUN POLICE DISTRICT, CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LABOUR DEPARTMENT, TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, THE UNHCR AND VARIOUS VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

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FIRST DIRECTOR OF OPEN LEARNING INSTITUTE APPOINTED

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE OPEN LEARNING INSTITUTE OF HONG KONG (OLI), MR CHENG HON-KWAN, TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR DONALD FRANCIS SWIFT TO BE THE DIRECTOR-DESIGNATE OF THE INSTITUTE.

"THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF THE OLI, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE ESTABLISHED IN EARLY 1989, FOLLOWS AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS, MR CHENG SAID.

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PROF SWIFT, AGED 56, HAS BEEN THE PRINCIPAL OF THE OPEN COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA, SINCE 1981.

FROM 1970-81, HE WAS PROFESSOR OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES AT THE UNITED KINGDOM OPEN UNIVERSITY WHERE HE ALSO SERVED AS PRO-VICE-CHANCELLOR (STAFF) FOR SIX YEARS.

PROF SWIFT IS A SOCIOLOGIST BY TRAINING, HAVING GRADUATED FROM HULL UNIVERSITY IN 1959.

HE THEN WENT ON TO OBTAIN A PH.D. IN SOCIAL SCIENCES FROM LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY IN 1963 AND A M.A. FROM BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD, IN 1968.

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