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Staffing Committec which I attended he was completely passive
and never spoke up when he should have given his view indeed,
Mr. T. Wu, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors and
Chairman of the Committee, complained openly about it to Mr. Neale
after the meeting was over, in my presence. At the Academic
Committee, which includes all Heads of Departments and of which
he is Chairman, he took an equally passive role and his only
chairmanlike utterances were the well-phrased complimentary
remarks he made about me as representing TETOC. I report this
with regret as Dr. Ching was at all times kind and considerate
to me and in any case no one questions his agreeable and friendly
nature. Mr. Neale attempts to some extent to make the running
in his absence, but comes in for a lot of criticism. He told me
he did not intend to stay after the end of his contract in mid-
1975 and would seek the help of TETOC in looking for an overseas
Principalship. Mr. Varty expressed the view that the Directorate
and administrative staff had been built up too quickly with
insufficiently experienced people. My own interest in the
Polytechnic did not enable me to form detailed judgements on all
the criticisms and counter criticisms, but I was very favourably
impressed by Mrs Kwan, the General Secretary (Appointments).
is very competent, quick, shrewd, helpful as well as being
charming. Unfortunately for TETOC she will be promoted out of
her present post when the first part of the 1975 recruitment
programme has been completed.
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Criticisms regarding inadequate quality in the staff were
not confined to the administration team. Several adverse
comments were made to me by Heads of Departments amongst others,
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