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COMPUTING SCIENCE,

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & MATHEMATICS

MECHANICAL, PRODUCTION & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

LAW, ARCHITECTURE, TOWN

PLANNING, ETC

TOTAL

12

MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1989

LO

5

$1.15 M

تب

3

$0.88 M

59

$0.20 M

$26.25 M

BEEN

40 FOR

SECRETARY OF THE UPGC, MR LEONARD SPARK, SAID THAT IT HAD POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT 59 PROJECTS THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH ONLY 1988-89. ONCE AGAIN, THE QUALITY OF THE BIDS HAD BEEN EXTREMELY HIGH,

CONSIDERABLE COULD NOT BE SUPPORTED

AS IN THE CASE OF THE 1988-89 ROUND, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF HIGHLY COMMENDABLE PROJECTS WHICH OWING TO THE LIMITED FUNDS AVAILABLE.

HOPED

UPGC LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, MR SPARK SAID THAT THE

THE

MAKE GOVERNMENT WOULD

AVAILABLE ENHANCED

FOR RESEARCH FUNDING

FROM 1991 ACTIVITIES AT THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS STARTING

ONWARDS, RESEARCH GRANTS COUNCIL AND THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH A TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOCATING AND MONITORING THE GRANTS,

MANUAL FOR GENERAL MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED

A MANUAL ON GENERAL MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED

MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE OF THE VOCATIONAL

TRAINING

BY THE COUNCIL.

"IT IS THE EFFORT OF

THREE YEARS' RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK OF THE CENTRE WHICH AIMS TO ENHANCE THE SKILLS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF GENERAL MANAGERS IN HONG KONG, THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE, MR MICHAEL CUMBERS SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

..

THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (GMP) DESCRIBED IN THE MANUAL HAS BEEN TESTED AND REFINED IN COLLABORATION WITH EIGHT GROUPS OF PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR SENIOR MANAGERS OF THEIR COMPANIES.

MR CUMBERS SAID: "THE PROGRAMME NOW MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND IS RIGHT FOR HONG KONG GENERAL MANAGERS, AND IS BEING OFFERED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

THE "GENERAL