4.84 One Structural Engineer was awarded a one-year study leave to attend the M.Sc. Course in Advanced Structural Engineering at the City University, London, commencing in October 1972.
4.85 Three Engineering Assistants (Building Services) were awarded a three-year B.Sc. Degree Course in Environmental Engineering at the University of Strathclyde in the U.K.
4.86 One Building Services Engineer attended a Graduate Engineer-ing Training Programme and Automatic Control Engineering Training Course in the U.S.A. for 22 weeks commencing June 1972.
4.87 Two Architects made an official visit to Japan and the U.S.A. in August 1972 to study architectural designs relating to the Hung Hom Development-Indoor Stadium.
4.88 The Government Maintenance Surveyor undertook a Duty/Training Attachment to the Department of the Environment in the U.K. for six months commencing September 1972 in order to look into maintenance management and procedural controls.
4.89 The Government Building Services Engineer and one Senior Architect attended an International Conference on the Planning and Design of Tall Buildings held in the U.S.A. in August 1972.
4.90 One Senior Maintenance Surveyor attended a two-week course in September 1972 on 'Conservation of Historic Structures' held in the U.K. This course was run jointly by the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies and the British Council.
4.91 One Clerk of Works Class I was awarded a merit trip to the U.K. under the 1972-73 Merit Trip Scheme.
4.92 Twenty-four local officers of the Quantity Surveying Branch and two local officers of the Maintenance Branch were granted full pay study leave to enable them to prepare for the R.I.C.S. examinations.
4.93 Evening courses at the Hong Kong Technical College in subjects pertaining to architecture, building construction, structural engineering, quantity surveying and building services engineering were attended by 72 junior staff.
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