TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1983
SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF LOCAL SERVICES LAND SURVEYING AND MAP INTERPRETATION: VALUATION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS; LAW RELATED TO LAND ADMINISTRATION; BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONSLAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR TODD SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE HIGH STANDARD OF THE COURSE, IT HAD GAINED RECOGNITION FROM THE PUBLIC AND IN MANY CASES HAD BEEN REGARDED AS A REQUIREMENT FOR POSTS IN LOCAL LEADING ESTATE AGENCIES AND LARGE COMPANIES.
+AS THE COURSE IS BASED ON THE SYLLABUS FOR THE PART I EXAMINATION OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS IN THE GENERAL PRACTICE (ESTATE MANAGEMENT) DIVISION, HE SAID, +THE SOCIETY OF SURVEYING TECHNICIANS HAS NOW ACCEPTED THIS COURSE AS BEING EQUIVALENT TO THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION COUNCIL HIGHER CERTIFICATE AND THEREFORE ALLOWS ADMISSION WITH TWO YEARS APPROVED SURVEYING EXPERIENCE TO BECOME ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY IN THE GENERAL PRACTICE DIVISION.✦
IN RECOGNITION OF THIS, MR TODD SAID THAT THE ACADEMIC BOARD OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC HAD NOW AGREED TO RETITLE THE CERTIFICATE AS A HIGHER CERTIFICATE IN LAND ADMINISTRATION.
SINCE THE COURSE STARTED IN 1974, A TOTAL OF 154 SERVING LAND EXECUTIVES, INCLUDING THE PRESENT 24, HAVE COMPLETED IT SUCCESSFULLY AND ANOTHER 71 ARE ATTENDING" IT.
AMBULANCE DEPOT TO BE BUILT ON TSING YI ***
A NEW AMBULANCE DEPOT WILL BE BUILT ON TSING YI ISLAND TO IMPROVE THE AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT.
THE NEW DEPOT, COVERING A SITE OF ABOUT 1 350 SQUARE METRES, WILL BE SITUATED ON CHUNG MEI ROAD NEAR CHEUNG HONG ESTATE.
IT WILL BE A STANDARD FOUR-STOREY AMBULANCE DEPOT TO ACCOMMODATE 10 AMBULANCES. BARRACKS, A CANTEEN AND TRAINING FACILITIES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.
WORK ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO START IN JULY AND BE COMPLETED IN MAY NEXT YEAR.
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