1.19. It is with regret that the death of Mr. R. A. C. BROWN, Chief Building Surveyor, is recorded. Mr. BROWN died on 2nd February, 1965.
TRAINING
1.20. Training facilities continued to be provided for technical and assistant-professional staff. Altogether 73 craft apprentices, who had signed agreements to follow a course of instruction over a period of four or five years, were being trained part-time in the waterworks or mechanical workshops and part-time at the Technical College.
1.21. A total of 20 engineering graduates from the University of Hong Kong were on indenture to the Deputy Director of Public Works (Engineering) to gain some of the experience required for the professional interview of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 4 Apprentice Architects, 2 Apprentice Air-Conditioning Engineers and 4 Apprentice Electrical Engineers were also under training.
1.22. The Superintendent of Crown Lands and Survey undertook the training of 56 Surveying Assistants (Land), 13 Surveying Assistants (Engineering), 5 Surveying Assistants (Estate) and 8 Surveying Assistants (Planning).
1.23. During the summer vacation, 4 students from the Engineering Faculty of the University of Hong Kong were attached to various engineering sub-departments for practical training. Four students of the same University and one from Australia were attached to the Architectural Office and 8 students were given instruction in the Electrical and Mechanical Office.
1.24. Altogether 24 officers of the Department were on or completed courses during the year in Britain, Holland and Australia. Some of these courses were taken whilst the officers were on vacation leave.
VISITORS DURING THE YEAR
1.25. In October, Mr. P. KENGRIAN, the Secretary of the Housing Bureau Department of Public Welfare, Ministry of Interior, Thailand visited Hong Kong as part of a tour to observe housing activity. He was shown around Government Low Cost Housing Estates and Resettlement Estates and also visited some of the latter which were under construction.
1.26. Col. G. J. HUMPHRIES, O.B.E., Director of Overseas Survey was invited to Hong Kong early in December after he attended the United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Far East.
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