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Sir,

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DRAFT SPEECH BY HON S L CHEN, CBE, JP

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

18.4.1985

Hong Kong Polytechnic Annual Report 1983/84

Among the various papers laid on the table of this

Council today is the 12th Annual Report of the Hong Kong Polytechnic for the year ended 31st July 1984.

During the year under review, the Polytechnic's second Director, Dr Keith Legg, announced his decision to retire at

the end of 1984 on completion of nearly ten years' service as

Director. The Directorship was accordingly advertised in January 1984 and by mid-April the post was offered to and accepted by Dr John Leslie Clark, then Assistant Director

(Academic) of Newcastle Polytechnic in the United Kingdom.

Clark assumed duties as Director in early January this year.

Dr

In the academic year 1983/84, the total full-time

equivalent student population of 11,990 represented only a very

small increase over that of the previous year. There has been

a notable change, however, in the mix of enrolment on different

levels of the academic programmes offered. Five Degree programmes were introduced for the first time in 1983. This, together with the continued transfer of Certificate and Diploma

level course to the Technical Institutes, resulted in an

appreciable increase in the percentage of students enrolled on higher level programmes. During the year under review, 1.5%

were registered on Bachelor Degree courses, 20.5% on

Associateship and Professional Diploma, 47% on Higher Diploma

and Certificate programmes.

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