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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1990

THE POLYTECHNIC ALSO CREATED A NEW POST OF ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND INTRODUCED PROFESSORSHIPS AND READERSHIPS TO UNDERPIN THE INTRODUCTION OF ADVANCED STUDIES AND ITS RAPIDLY EXPANDING RESEARCH PROGRAMME.

"THE LATTER WAS GIVEN FURTHER IMPETUS BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY, MR CHENG SAID.

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AT THE THIRD ACADEMIC AWARDS CEREMONY IN DECEMBER 1988, THE POLYTECHNIC CONFERRED ITS FIRST HONORARY DEGREE, A DOCTORATE OF SCIENCE, ON SIR RUN RUN SHAW AND AWARDED ITS FIRST BACHELOR'S DEGREES TO 135 STUDENTS.

REWARDING YEAR FOR ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS

THE YEAR 1988-89 WAS BUSY AND REWARDING FOR THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS WHICH HELD OVER OF DANCE, DRAMA AND MUSIC, A MEMBER OF THE THE HON MIRIAM LAU, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

200 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES COUNCIL OF THE ACADEMY,

TABLING THE ACADEMY'S 1988-89 ANNUAL REPORT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MRS LAU SAID THE LARGE NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES DEMONSTRATED THE IMPORTANCE WHICH THE ACADEMY ATTACHED TO STUDENT TRAINING PRACTICAL PERFORMANCE.

THROUGH

SHE SAID THAT IT WAS GRATIFYING TO SEE THAT EFFORTS HAD BEEN MADE BY THE ACADEMY ΤΟ MAKE ITS MAGNIFICENT PERFORMING VENUES AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS GENERALLY, AND ΤΟ INCREASE AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE ACADEMY'S ACTIVITIES.

DURING THE YEAR, AN ACCREDITATION PANEL MADE UP OF A TEAM OF EXPERTS FROM INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF HONG KONG'S ACADEMIC LIFE HAD CONDUCTED AN INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW OF THE ACADEMY, SHE NOTED.

AND INDICATED

TO

"THE REPORT BY THIS PANEL WAS MOST ENCOURAGING THAT IN MOST AREAS OF ACTIVITY, THE ACADEMY WAS WELL UP INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.

"THE PANEL RECOMMENDED, INTER ALIA, THAT THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION OF THE ACADEMY SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AND EXPANDED AND THAT THE ACADEMY SHOULD BECOME A DEGREE GRANTING INSTITUTION, SHE SAID.

/MRS LAU