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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1993

THE POSTER DEPICTED THE 1994 INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR FAMILY, A THEME CHOSEN TO HIGHLIGHT THE UNIVERSAL FAMILY CONCEPT.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE POSTER WOULD BE CONVERTED INTO ABOUT 300,000 CARDS TO BE SENT BY CYC MEMBERS TO PARENTS, TEACHERS AND THE ELDERLY AS A GESTURE OF LOVE AND CONCERN.

SOPHISTICATED METHODS, COURTESY OF TECHNICAL OFFICERS OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT, WERE USED TO SURVEY THE ACTUAL DIMENSION OF THE POSTER.

THE COST OF THIS PROJECT WAS ABOUT $310,000 WHICH WAS DONATED

BY THE LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303.

FIRST DIRECTOR OF HK INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION APPOINTED

THE

PROVISIONAL

GOVERNING COUNCIL (PGC) FOR THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (HKIED) ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THE APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR LEUNG CHI KEUNG AS THE DIRECTOR (DESIGNATE) OF THE INSTITUTE.

PROFESSOR LEUNG HAS BEEN THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS FOR FIVE-AND-A-HALF YEARS UNTIL JULY THIS YEAR AND IS CURRENTLY THE HEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG

OF KONG.

HE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE UP HIS APPOINTMENT EARLY NEXT YEAR.

MORNING,

ANNOUNCING THE APPOINTMENT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PGC, MR SIMON IP, SAID THE SELECTION BOARD, ASSISTED BY EXTERNAL EXPERTS ON TEACHER EDUCATION AND OBSERVED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, WAS IMPRESSED THAT PROFESSOR LEUNG MET THE DEMANDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POST.

"PROFESSOR LEUNG IS A SENIOR ACADEMIC OF INTERNATIONAL STANDING, A VERY EXPERIENCED ADMINISTRATOR AND SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THE LOCAL SCENE WELL, HE SAID.

"THE COUNCIL IS CONFIDENT THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE HKIED OFF TO A GOOD START AND HELP THE HKIED TOWARDS ACCOMPLISHING ITS MISSION.

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PROFESSOR LEUNG GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND OBTAINED HIS DOCTORAL DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, USA.

HE HAS BEEN LECTURING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY OF HKU SINCE 1973. HE HAS ALSO BEEN THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1988.

PROFESSOR LEUNG ENJOYS A HIGH ACADEMIC STANDING BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.

IN RECENT YEARS, HE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE. HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AND MEMBER OF THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD AND OF THE BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION.

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