SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1979
+AN ENGINEER JOINING THE PWD WILL SOON FIND OUT THAT BECAUSE SO MUCH WORK IS GOING ON IN SUCH A CONFINED SPACE EVERY ACTIVITY HE IS INVOLVED IN AFFECTS A NUMBER OF OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES WHO HAVE TO BE TOLD WHAT IS GOING ON.
+HE MUST THEREFORE BE ABLE TO EXPRESS HIMSELF WELL IN WRITING AND TO PUT HIS POINT OF VIEW CLEARLY AT MEETINGS,+ MR. MCDONALD SAID.
REGARDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGINEERS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, HE SAID THAT AT PRESENT THERE WERE STILL A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF VACANCIES FOR FULLY QUALIFIED ENGINEERS.
HOWEVER, HE ADDED THAT TO ENSURE A WORKABLE BALANCE BETWEEN TRAINERS AND TRAINEES THE PWD WAS RESTRICTED IN THE NUMBER OF GRADUATE ENGINEERS IT COULD TAKE EACH YEAR FOR TRAINING.
ON PROMOTION PROSPECTS, MR. MCDONALD SAID: THERE IS NO REASON WHY A GRADUATE ENGINEER JOINING PWD SHOULD NOT PROGRESS IN TIME TO THE TOP OF HIS PARTICULAR PROMOTION TREE.+
+WE HAVE A REFINED SYSTEM OF MONITORING THE PROGRESS AND PERFORMANCE OF ENGINEERS SO THAT WHEN A VACANCY OCCURS AT A HIGHER LEVEL WE CAN READILY ASSESS WHO IS THE BEST MAN TO FILL IT, CONCLUDED.
HE
CO-OPERATION URGED ON CRIME VICTIM SURVEY
A CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (SATURDAY) URGED PEOPLE TO CO-OPERATE IN A CRIME VICTIMISATION SURVEY BEGINNING ON MONDAY (JANUARY 8).
THE 15-DAY SURVEY, WHICH IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, AIMS TO FIND OUT HOW CRIME AFFECTS THE AVERAGE PERSON AND ENABLE THE AUTHORITIES TO IMPROVE CRIME PREVENTION PLANNING.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID ABOUT 65,000 PEOPLE AGED 12 AND OVER, ALL OF WHOM HAD BEEN NOTIFIED BY LETTER, WOULD BE INTERVIEWED ABOUT CRIMINAL ACTS WHICH AFFECTED THEM DURING THE 1978 CALENDAR YEAR.
+ALL INFORMATION GIVEN WILL BE HELD IN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE,+ HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT ENUMERATORS INVOLVED IN THE SURVEY WOULD CARRY SPECIAL IDENTITY CARDS.
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