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Training facilities continued to be provided for technical and assistant professional staff. Altogether 385 Craft Apprentices and 113 Technical Apprentices, who had signed agreements to follow a course of instruction over a period of four or five years, were being trained in the Waterworks or Mechanical Workshops with part-time day release to attend courses at the Polytechnic or Morrison Hill Technical Institute.
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A total of 54 Civil Engineering Graduates from the University of Hong Kong were on indenture to the Director of New Territories Development to gain some of the experience required for the professional interview of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Four Architectural Graduates, seven Electrical Engineering Graduates and two Mechanical Engineering Graduates were also under training.
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The Principal Government Land Agent undertook the training of 35 Surveying Assistants (Land).
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During the summer vacation, 46 students from the University of Hong Kong were attached to this Department, 8 in Architectural Office, 4 in Civil Engineering Office, 8 in Highways Office, 15 in Waterworks Office and 11 in the Electrical and Mechanical Office.
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Altogether 36 officers of the Department were on, or completed, courses during the year in Britain, Australia, United States of America, Philippines, Japan, Denmark or Holland. Some of these courses were taken while the officers were on vacation leave.
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Further details of training are included in the sections dealing with individual offices.
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