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Mr Lau chu Pak:-
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The secretary would draw my attention to anything which was peculiar, or if the Senior Inspector was at all doubtful as to how to apply the law, he was not to apply it, until he had seen me, or got my opinion in the matter. Previously to that, all notices used to be issued only on the initial of the M. 0. H. although he knew nothing about the facts of the case.
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Can you say that all the senior Inspectors must go to the Secretary first, if they want a legal notice? That is not a hard and fast rule. Very often the Inspector, when I am at his office, shows me papers or refers the question to me. In routine work, such an
the removal of oubicles, or the provision of window area, or glass area, where the Inspector has no doubt, he applies to the Secretary for a notice, and the Secretary issues that notice pro Building Authority.
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In this case, the Secretary need not refer to you for verification ?
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No.
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The Chairman:-
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I want to know whether
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this is in my mind for the more regular work of the Department, it would not be better to have definite rules draw up, and laid down, that everything should concentrate to the Secretary, so
that he should be the one fountain of knowledge, to
whom everyone could go for information ?
You. I wish you could get it. If all the business matters of the Board were done by one man, the . O. H.
would be free to use his professional knowledge, which would be a blessing to the Colony.
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What do you mean by professional knowledge ! That about goncrete for instance, is a matter for a Senior Sanitary Inspector, such as you have got in towns in Scotland, but the M. 0. H. is a person who should be
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