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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989

INTEGRATED

SECONDLY, IN RECOGNISING THAT THE MORE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY COUNTRIES HAD MOVED TOWARDS DEVELOPING

SYSTEM MANUFACTURING AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND THEREBY COMPETITIVENESS, THE POLYTECHNIC WAS ACTIVELY EXPLORING WAYS OF COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK TO

FACILITATE INTRODUCTION OF ADVANCED COURSES IN MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TO KONG AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THE

HONG

"THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH CONCEPTS AND COURSES IN HONG KONG

VALUE то WILL NO DOUBT BE OF TREMENDOUS

HELP FURTHER DEVELOP THE COMPETITIVENESS OF OUR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, HE SAID.

THIRDLY, THE POLYTECHNIC RECOGNISED THE NEED FOR HONG MAINTAIN HIGH PROFICIENCY IN THE USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

KONG TO

BE CO-OPERATING WITH THE

OF ESTABLISHMENT

BUSINESS

A

ACCORDINGLY, THE POLYTECHNIC WOULD FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTOR IN THE

ENGLISH CENTRE.

MR

CHEONG

SERVE

SALD

THE

POLYTECHNIC

RECOGNISED

THAT

CONTINUE TO

ONLY WITH SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY AND, IN PARTICULAR, FROM THE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT.

IT COULD FROM ALL BRANCHES

AND UNDERSTANDING CAN CONTRIBUTE,

SUPPORT "WE EARNESTLY HOPE THAT SUCH CONTINUE TO BE FORTHCOMING SO THAT TOGETHER WE IN OUR OWN LITTLE WAY TOWARDS BUILDING A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR HONG IN THE YEARS TO COME, HE SAID.

+

PL

WILL

EACH

KONG

MR CHEONG PAID TRIBUTE TO THE HON ALLEN LEE, WHO STOOD DOWN THE END OF LAST FROM THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE POLYTECHNIC COUNCIL AT YEAR.

MR HE SAID

LEE'S LEADERSHIP OF THE POLYTECHNIC HAD BEEN

DECISIVE, INCISIVE AND CHARACTERISED BY OPENNESS.

CITY POLYTECHNIC MAKES EXCITING PROGRESS

THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG HAS MADE EXCITING AND CHALLENGING PROGRESS IN ITS FORMATIVE YEARS AND IS NOW APPROACHING A STAGE OF STRENGTH AND MATURITY, THE HON CHENG HON-KWAN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

UNDERGRADUATE AND GROWING NEED FOR

TABLING THE POLYTECHNIC'S 1987-88 ANNUAL REPORT, MR CHENG SAID THAT COURSES OF DIVERSE ACADEMIC INTERESTS AT BOTH POSTGRADUATE LEVELS WOULD BE OFFERED TO MEET THE TERTIARY EDUCATION IN HONG KONG IN THE NEXT DECADE.

/MR CHENG