harbour tunnel scheme and the various departments concerned with its many facets. The usual quarterly circular listing all planning schemes, most of which can be purchased on application to the Cartographer (formerly the Chief Draughtsman), was issued to departments, public utility companies and other non-government organizations.
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
Staff
5.33. The total authorized establishment amounted to 807, an increase of 64 over the previous year. The whole increase was in respect of local technical staff. The Office continued to recruit professional surveying staff for the New Territories Administration and the Civil Engineering Office.
5.34. New senior posts were filled during the course of the year by promotion of serving officers and senior recruitment included 2 Estate Surveyors on contract; these, together with promotion of a Land Assistant in the New Territories Administration who qualified professionally in the previous year, left 1 vacancy of Estate Surveyor unfilled at the end of the year. 3 Assistant Land Surveyors were promoted to Land Surveyors, 1 Land Surveyor and 2 Planning Officers on contract and 1 Assistant Planning Officer on the permanent establishment were recruited. At the end of the year, 1 vacancy still existed for a Land Surveyor and 4 vacancies for Planning Officers.
5.35. During the year, Mr. R. H. HUGHES, Superintendent of Crown Lands & Survey retired after 27 years' service; Mr. A. R. GILES, Assistant Superintendent (Survey), retired with 18 years' service; and Mr. LIU Cheung, Head Survey Labourer retired with over 35 years' service.
5.36. Mr. LAU Yee, a messenger with 40 years' service was honoured by the award of the British Empire Medal by Her Majesty the Queen.
Training
5.37. Surveying Assistants (Engineering, Estate, Land and Planning) are mostly young men with the appropriate academic qualifications, often recruited immediately after leaving school. Joining the service initially at Class III level, they all attend a six-month comprehensive course in Land Survey and thereafter the Engineering and Land streams are attached to various functional Survey sections for field and practical
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