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MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1990

"IN THIS NEW ERA WE MUST RELY ON OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE THE TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS THAT OUR ECONOMY WILL NEED, SIR DAVID SAID WHEN SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW CAMPUS OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG.

HAD RESPONDED BY RELEVANT TO

THE GOVERNOR SAID THE CITY POLYTECHNIC PROVIDING UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES WHICH WERE DIRECTLY THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES HONG KONG WOULD NEED IF IT'S GOODS WERE TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE WORLD-WIDE.

"ITS COURSES ON INFORMATION ENGINEERING ARE ONLY TWO EXAMPLES OF THIS,

AND SERVICES

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TECHNOLOGY HE SAID.

AND

COMPUTER

SIR DAVID REFERRED TO THE AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME HE HAD ANNOUNCED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST OCTOBER TO INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE AIM WAS TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF FIRST YEAR, FIRST DEGREE PLACES FROM THE PRESENT LEVEL OF 7,000 PLACES TO ABOUT 15,000 BY THE MIDDLE OF THE DECADE.

THIS WOULD REPRESENT ABOUT 18 PER CENT OF THE RELEVANT AGE GROUP OF THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE.

"AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH PLACES AT CERTIFICATE AND DIPLOMA LEVELS TO ENSURE THAT WE MEET THE VARIED NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY," HE SAID.

GOVERNMENT HAD NOT TAKEN THESE OF EMIGRATION OR

SIR DAVID STRESSED THAT THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS SIMPLY TO CONFRONT THE PROBLEM TO BOOST CONFIDENCE, AND HE POINTED OUT THAT THE EXPANSION OF UNDERGRADUATE NUMBERS WAS PLAINLY NOT ENOUGH ON ITS OWN THE NEW REQUIREMENTS.

IN MEETING

DEVELOPMENT

"WE MUST ALSO CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR RESEARCH AND CAPABILITY THROUGH CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY

AND INDUSTRY.

"THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY AND THE CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRY AT THE CITY POLYTECHNIC LAST YEAR ARE MAJOR STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

"WE MUST DO WHAT WE CAN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ENCOURAGE OTHER SUCH PROJECTS, HE SAID.

"

THE GOVERNOR ADDED THAT HONG KONG AS A COMMUNITY WOULD COUNT ON THE CITY POLYTECHNIC TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR A POOL OF TECHNICALLY TRAINED AND QUALIFIED YOUNG PEOPLE, FOR THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS ALIKE.

AHEAD,

"

"YOU HAVE A SPLENDID NEW HOME WELL SUITED FOR THE TASKS

HE SAID.

/SIR DAVID

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