1.23. During the year the following senior officers left the Department on leave prior to retirement:
Mr. A. W. P. Cox, Chief Engineer, on 3rd April, 1967.
Mr. J. Alexander, Government Civil Engineer, on 13th June, 1967.
Mr. D. W. Walker, Government Electrical and Mechanical Engineer, on 24th June, 1967.
TRAINING
1.24. Training facilities continued to be provided for technical and assistant professional staff. Altogether 64 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.
1.25. A total of 23 engineering graduates from the University of Hong Kong were on indenture to the Director of Engineering Development as Apprentice Engineers to gain some of the experience required for the professional interview of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Five Apprentice Architects, one Apprentice Air-Conditioning Engineer, two Apprentice Electrical Engineers and one Apprentice Mechanical Engineer were also under training.
1.26. The Superintendent of Crown Lands & Survey undertook the training of 67 Surveying Assistants (Land) and 11 Surveying Assistants (Engineering).
1.27. During the summer vacation, ten students from the University of Hong Kong were attached to this Department. Four were attached to the Architectural Office and six were given instruction in the Electrical and Mechanical Office.
1.28. Altogether 32 officers of the Department were on, or completed courses during the year in Britain, Australia, Africa and the United States of America. Some of these courses were taken while the officers were on vacation leave.
1.29. Further details of training are included in the sections dealing with individual sub-departments.
VISITORS
1.30. (i) The Hon. Davis Hughes, M.L.A., Minister of Public Works, New South Wales, accompanied by Mrs. Hughes and a party of four persons visited Hong Kong in June. They were met by
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