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During the year, the Council endorsed a 'unified
approach concept' to technical support services.
The intention
of the unified approach was to rationalize the various recommendations made in the separate techno-economic studies under HKPC and to give early implementation to priority projects The under one management so as to optimize the use of resource. implementation of the unified approach and the adoption of an active approach to technology transfer required a new legal framework which would provide for the enlargement of the powers and functions of Council. Consequently an Amendment Bill to the HKPC Ordinance was prepared and received the assent of the Legislative Council on 7th August 1985.
In recent years the continued vigorous growth of the Council's activities and workforce has posed a recurrent problem concerning accommodation. We are only too aware that our increasing size and diversity implies that we are only able to serve most effectively especially in multi-disciplinary tasks if the majority of our professional staff and our facilities can be located on the same premises to maximize the utilization of our resources. Therefore we believe that only the availability of a special purpose building accommodating us in one site will help us to achieve the best results. Our gross rental accommodations have been and are growing to the point where we believe that investment in our own building is viable. Consequently, we shall be assking the support of the Government to find and allocate an appropriate site for the construction of a special purpose building.