95.
97
Jollak sa
At-
He has a sorresponding position to the Malical Officer of Health and Secretary and he has his own department to deal
with.
Charmain
58%
588
Q1-
8 2:-
890:-
+90
And he is not a qualified man ?
He has no certificate.
587.
re-588
He is a man who picked up his knowledge as one of the fore-
-an at Home?
I won't go so far as to say that.
Is it not a fact with a man of that grade that there is a 589 very distinct position between him and the senior Officers
of the Department? Do you think it is right that a man auct.
as Mr Bryan should be independent and should have practical
charge of a matter of such vital importance as the drainage
of the Colony ?
I think he is a very excellent Officer and, considering that
plans have to be submitted by authorised Architects, they
have simply to be vized by hie to see if they comply with the byelaws. He communicates with the Architects and if they
don't adopt his suggestions the matter goes before the Board
g:- May there not be a number of Architects whose only training 590
practically we picked up here by rauding up the Ordinance 7
There are a certain percentage of Architects who annd in
plane who practically have no training at all ?
There are a Low-
-~
591
592
591
And so on the strength of this Mr Bryan passes anything thrac
zeugle may give him ? Re may be the best Architect in Hong-
-Kong but he may not know about a drain. Is that not so ?
But the matter of drains is inspected separately.
By Mr Bryan?
A:- By Mr Bryan himself
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And his subordinates ?
5792
593
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