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Friday, March 16, 1973
RATING COMMISSIONER TO ATTEND CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND
Mr. R.A. Fry, Commissioner of Rating and Valuation, will be
leaving for Wellington, New Zealand tomorrow (March 17) to attend the
second General Assembly of the Commonwealth Association of Surveying
and Land Econory.
He will be attending the Assembly as the delegate from the Hong
Kong Branch of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, of which
he is the current Vice-Chairman.
Delegates from 30 societies representing 22 countries will be
attending the meeting.
In addition, Mr. Fry will attend a seminar on Surveying and
Land Economy in the Pacific.
He will also be investigating recruitment prospects in Wellington
for Rating and Valuation Surveyors.
The Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy was
set up in 1969 to strengthen professional links between Commonwealth countries.
It aims to improve facilities for professional education and training,
and to foster reciprocal recognition of professional qualification in surveying
and mapping, quantity and building surveying, and land economy.
Note to Editors:
Mr. Fry will be leaving for Sydney by Flight
Q.F 279, E.T.D. 2130 hours tomorrow.
Release time: 7.30 p.m.
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