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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1974
HONG KONG DELEGATE TO CONFERENCE ON TALL BUILDINGS
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HONG KONG WILL BE REPRESENTED AT AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS TO BE HELD IN CAIRO IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR.
THE CONFERENCE IS BEING ORGANIZED BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON TALL BUILDINGS AN INTERNATIONAL ECDY SPONSORED BY ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING PROFESSIONALS. ITS FUNCTION IS TO STUDY AND REPORT ON ALL THE PLANNING, DESIGN AND OPERATION OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS.
REPRESENTING HONG KONG AT THE FIVE-DAY MEETING WILL BE MR. EDWARD KENNARD, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR.
COMMENTING ON THE FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE, MR. KENNARD SAID TODAY THAT EVER SINCE THE JOINT COMMITTEE WAS SET UP IN 1969, HONG KONG HAD PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN ITS FUNCTIONS.
+IT IS ONLY NATURAL, HE SAID, THAT HONG KONG, WHICH HAS BEEN FORCED TO BUILD HIGH BUILDINGS IN THE URBAN AREAS BECAUSE OF ITS SHORTAGE OF LAND STEMMING FROM THE URBAN EXPLOSION, SHOULD ASSOCIATE ITSELF ENERGETICALLY WITH THIS INTERNATIONAL EFFORT.
+OUR EXPERIENCE OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDING DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS MEANS THAT WE HAVE A REAL CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE IN THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. AND OF COURSE WE DERIVE CONSIDERABLE BENEFIT OURSELVES FROM THESE EXCHANGES, BY TAPPING THE EXPERIENCES AND EXPERTISE OF OUR COLLEAGUES ROUND THE WORLD.
THE JOINT COMMITTEE DRAWS ITS MEMBERS FROM MORE THAN 60 COUNTRIES, 300 CITIES, 600 ORGANISATIONS AND AT LEAST 15 PROFESSIONS.
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ONE OF ITS MAIN OBJECTIVES IS THE COMPILATION OF A MONOGRAPH, OR PROFESSIONAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA, OF KNOWLEDGE ON TALL BUILDINGS AND THE DATA FOR THIS IS GATHERED THROUGH THE STUDIES AND MEETINGS OF MORE THAN 50 SPECIALIST COMMITTEES AND THROUGH FREQUENT REGIONAL CONFERENCES.
MR. KENNARD, WHO IS A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS, IS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND OWNERSHIP ASPECTS OF TALL DUILDING DEVELOPMENT. THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD FROM JANUARY 6 TO JANUARY 11.
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