FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1983
SURVEYORS' WORK PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO HK - BRAY
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THE WORK OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS WAS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO HONG KONG WITH ITS MASSIVE PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT STRETCHING INTO THE NEXT CENTURY, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY, SAID THIS EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS, HONG KONG BRANCH, MR BRAY SAID ALSO THAT HONG KONG, IN ADDITION TO ITS PROSPERITY, PROVIDED THE INSTITUTIONS WHICH ENABLED THE PROFESSIONS TO REGULATE THEMSELVES, TO DEVELOP BY COMPETITION, AND TO KEEP THE PROFESSIONS ABREAST OF DEVELOPMENTS WORLDWIDE.
*WE SEE THEN THAT IT IS NOT BY ACCIDENT THAT HONG KONG HAS SEEN SUCH A FRUITFUL GROWTH OF THE PROFESSIONS. THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE PROFESSIONS FLOURISH ARE FOUND HERE,+ MR BRAY SAID.
MR BRAY SUGGESTED THAT THERE WERE THREE FEATURES NECESSARY FOR A PROFESSION TODAY IF IT WERE TO GIVE OF ITS BEST TO THE COMMUNITY -- PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY AND STANDARDS, COMPETITION WITHIN THE PROFESSION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
ON THE QUESTION OF MAINTENANCE OF PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY AND STANDARDS, HE SAID IT WAS A MATTER THAT REQUIRED CLOSE COOPERATION +NOT ONLY AMONG COMPETITORS IN ONE PLACE BUT ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES.+
+ HONG KONG STILL HAS MORE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION IN HAND THAN IN THE WHOLE OF BRITAIN BUT IT IS STILL NOT A LARGE PLACE. BECAUSE HONG KONG IS WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH MANY PROFESSIONS HAVE DRAWN UP CODES AND STANDARDS WHICH ARE APPLICABLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH.
+ IT IS THESE STANDARDS THAT YOUR CLIENTS HAVE COME TO
RELY ON, HE SAID.
ON THE QUESTION OF COMPETITION, HE SAID THAT HONG KONG'S MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMONWEALTH HAD MEANT THAT +OUR HOME GROWN PROFESSIONALS HAD OFTEN BEEN EXPOSED TO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.+
HE SAID THAT SO FAR AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC WERE CONCERNED, SUCH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION MUST BE WELCOMED.
WITH REGARD TO ACCESSIBILITY TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS, MR BRAY SAID THE MOBILITY OF THE PROFESSIONS WAS SUPPLEMENTED BY THE SPREAD OF INFORMATION ON DEVELOPMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL FIELDS.
HONG KONG'S POSITION AS A CENTRE OF COMMUNICATIONS WAS AN ADVANTAGE, HE SAID.
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