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DR JAMES S.W.

WONG, JP

PROF C.B. HOWE

PROF Y.W. KAN

CHAIRMAN, CHINNEY INVESTMENTS LTD

SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL & AFRICAN STUDIES, DEPT OF ECONOMIC & POLITICAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

LOUIS K DIAMOND

PROFESSOR OF

HEMATOLOGY,

UNIVERSITY OF

CALIFORNIA AT

SAN FRANCISCO

AND

THE RGC WILL OPERATE THROUGH THREE SUBJECT PANELS RESPONSIBLE FOR: THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING; BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE; HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES; AND A NETWORK OF ACADEMIC REFEREES.

FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS APPOINTMENT, THE CHAIRMAN, PROF DAVID TODD, SAID HE WAS ENCOURAGED BY THIS SIGN OF GOVERNMENT'S INCREASING COMMITMENT TO RESEARCH.

RGC THE

HE SAID: "THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE EVOLUTION OF HONG KONG'S TERTIARY EDUCATION AND AN ADEQUATE RESEARCH BASE IS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR THE FURTHER EXPANSION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION".

HE EXPLAINED THAT INCREASED FUNDING FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WILL HELP TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN ACADEMIC STAFF OF HIGH CALIBRE, AND PRODUCE THE NEXT GENERATION OF ACADEMICS то STAFF OUR EXPANDING INSTITUTIONS.

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PROCESSING OF URBAN TAXI TENDERS COMPLETED

THE AVERAGE PREMIUM AGERPTED IN THE LATEST TENDERS FOR 150 TAXI LICENCES IS $909,562.03, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT

URBAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).

THIS IS 10.85 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE OF $820,545.80 IN THE LAST TENDER EXERCISE IN JULY LAST YEAR.

A TOTAL OF 236 TENDERS WERE TENDERS CLOSED ON NOVEMBER 16.

RECEIVED WHEN ACCEPTANCE OF

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE HIGHEST TENDER ACCEPTED WAS $931,200 AND THE LOWEST $905,288.

DETAILS OF SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS AND THE AMOUNTS THEY OFFERED WILL BE PUBLISHED TOMORROW (FRIDAY) IN THE GAZETTE.

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