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mixed-mode students. In July, the staff strength stood at 1,818 - comprising 684 teaching, 177 senior administrative and 957 technical, clerical and ancillary staff.

Campus development progressed in 1980 with the construction of two wings adjoining the Tang Ping Yuen Building, which is expected to be completed by January, 1981. The new wings will comprise two floors of laboratories, studios and workshops (including the future Swire School of Design) beneath the podium, and six stories of classrooms, labora- tories and staff offices above it.

The Polytechnic is the Hong Kong centre for the holding of annual examinations for the United Kingdom Council of Engineering Institutions, the Institute of Statisticians, the City and Guilds of London Institute, and the joint examination scheme for the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Royal Society of Arts Examinations Board. In 1980, some 4,300 candidates sat for these examinations. In addition, the polytechnic offers accommodation and facilities for the examinations of 20 other professional institutions.

Close liaison with the community is maintained through various channels. Polytechnic staff members assist and advise the Hong Kong Examinations Authority and the Hong Kong Training Council, and advisory committees have been set up for every department, centre and institute. These committees have as appointed members prominent people from commerce and industry, the civil service and the universities, with wide knowledge and experience in their fields. Liaison and joint consultative committees have been formed with the Education Department, and these are aimed at achieving co-ordination between developments at the polytechnic and the technical institutes.

Regular contact is maintained with the two local universities as well. Apart from being members of the polytechnic advisory committees, professors and senior academic staff of the two universities serve as external examiners for the polytechnic in the same way poly- technic staff members serve on the examination subject committees of the two universities. Members of the polytechnic staff also are engaged in consultancy and investigational work for commerce and industry. A handbook entitled Polytechnic Services to the Com- munity, giving details of the expertise and facilities available, is published regularly by the Polytechnic Consultancy and Investigational Work Committee.

In addition, staff members are actively engaged in research work of direct relevance to Hong Kong, or of an applied nature. The Research Committee is responsible for overall research policies and the utilisation of research funds. A research handbook listing current and recently completed research projects undertaken by Polytechnic staff is to be published at regular intervals.

University of Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong was established in 1911 with a land grant from the govern- ment and endowments that have since been increased. Substantial government grants also are made towards the university's annual recurrent and non-recurrent expenditure.

The number of undergraduates registered in the various faculties and schools at the beginning of the 1980-1 academic year were: arts 1,102; science 649; medicine 849 (in- cluding 76 for dentistry); engineering 801; social sciences 815; architecture 247; and law 192. There were also 1,684 post-graduate students: 700 reading for higher degrees and 984 for diplomas and certificates.

In addition to courses leading to Bachelor degrees, the university offers post-graduate courses leading to the degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Science in Engineering, Master of Social Sciences, Master of Social Work, Master of Business Administration, Master of Medical Sciences, and Master of Education. There is also provision for the research degrees