Vice-Chancellor's Report 1985-87

in Marketin g an d Internationa l Busines s an d i n Organizatio n an d Polic y Studies wer e launche d i n 1985/8 6 an d 1986/8 7 respectively . A thir d programme i n Financ e an d Accounting i s planned fo r 1987/88 . Th e firs t Ph.D. programm e fo r Busines s Studie s i n Hon g Kon g wa s introduce d i n 1985/86 b y ou r Departmen t o f Marketin g an d Internationa l Business . A l l thes e ne w programme s w i l l serv e t o brin g fort h manager s an d business teachers wh o ca n mee t th e need s o f ou r increasingl y professiona l and sophisticate d busines s community . Faculty of Science In th e Facult y o f Science , afte r severa l year s of planning , a master's programme i n Biotechnolog y wil l b e introduce d i n 1987/8 8 o n th e basi s of a researc h programm e starte d jointl y b y th e Department s o f Biochemistry an d Biolog y th e yea r before . W e ar e indebte d t o th e Croucher Foundatio n fo r providin g financia l suppor t fo r settin g u p th e Biotechnology programme . Compute r Scienc e i s anothe r are a w i t h significant expansion. Thi s i s largel y du e t o th e risin g leve l o f compute r technology a s well a s the wide r us e o f computer s i n al l branche s o f loca l industries an d business . Th e developmen t i n thes e area s vividl y demonstrates th e University' s commitmen t t o advanc e t o th e forefron t of educatio n an d researc h i n applie d science . Thank s t o th e effort s an d contributions o f teacher s i n th e Departmen t o f Compute r Science , th e Department successfull y obtaine d accreditatio n fro m th e Britis h Computer Society fo r it s undergraduat e programme . A pane l o f th e Societ y conducted a n accreditatio n visi t t o th e Universit y i n 1985/86 ， on th e basis o f whic h th e Societ y agree d t o exemp t th e University' s honour s graduates i n Compute r Scienc e wh o hav e complete d th e fina l yea r project at Grad e C o r abov e fro m Par t I an d Par t I I o f th e Society' s professional examinations. Thi s i s th e firs t tim e graduate s o f a n institutio n outside th e Un i t e d Kingdo m hav e bee n grante d exemptio n b y th e British Compute r Societ y fro m bot h part s o f it s professiona l examinations. Students w i t h Compute r Scienc e a s a mino r subjec t wer e als o granted exemptio n fro m th e Society' s Par t I examination . Togethe r w i t h the Electronic s programm e whic h wa s full y accredite d b y th e Institutio n of Electrica l Engineer s o f th e Un i t e d Kingdo m i n 1974 ， this wi l l for m a nucleus an d a f i rm bas e fo r th e developmen t o f a n integrate d engineering programme a t th e University . Engineering Studies Programme The proposa l fo r th e developmen t o f a n engineerin g studie s programme on th e basi s o f th e tw o existin g programme s o f Electronic s an d Computer Scienc e wa s firs t include d i n th e Academi c Developmen t Proposals fo r th e 1985-8 8 Triennium . W i t h th e encouragemen t o f th e University an d Polytechni c Grant s Committee , th e Universit y Counci l established a n Engineerin g Academi c Advisor y Committe e ( EAAC ) i n the summe r o f 198 6 t o guid e th e developmen t o f th e propose d programme. The E A A C comprise s eminen t academic s i n hig h technolog y 4