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good local candidates but difficulty is being experienced in finding

a Principal Lecturer in Statistics. This was notified to TETOC in

Mr.Kam

June 1973 and the most recent advertisement was in July, 1974. suggested we advertised in the Bulletin/Journal of the Institute of

Statistics.

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(2) Nautical Studies Department HoD Mr. A.C. Bromfield

5. Mr. Bromfield, an apparent genial and urbane individual, was

pessimistic about the future of the Polytechnic, and personally

dissatisfied. He confirmed many of the grievances of the staff and

He was

the Staff Association, largely from his own experience. Among other things he complained of the failure to finalise the Conditions of

Service for the Polytechnic he said his own contract had been

changed four times in two years and was not valid in law.

critical about promises that conditions would be as near as possible

up to the standard of those for Government Service but in practice everything fell a long way short. He thought few of the staff would

renew their two year contracts.

6. The teaching staff of the Department was 19, about half of whom

were Chinese. As regards recruitment Mr. Bromfield envisaged no

problems. He had two vacancies for Lecturers in Seamanship and he

would be personally arranging circulation through the naval

resettlement authorities, a form of prospection which he said usually produced satisfactory results. Applications would be referred to

TETOC for normal action.

(3) Business Studies Department

7.

aja.

HoD Mr. P. Haigh

Mr. Haigh's present staff consists of the following :

9

4

Chinese Americans

1

1

Indian

5 British

Japanese/American

One of the British, Mr. B.G.D. Cowley who had recently been recruited

through TETOC, had failed to settle down and resigned. It is to be

noted he had not shown up too well at his interview. Mr. Haigh said he was "highly delighted" with his other staff.

8.

In building up his complement Mr. Haigh's main concern was the

difficulty in filling a vacancy for a Principal Lecturer in Law.