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SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1984
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FORMATION OF COUNCIL URGED
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THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR GRAHAM OSBORNE, TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED FOR A COUNCIL OF TECHNICIAN ENGINEER INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG.
HE SAID THAT SUCH A COUNCIL WOULD ACT AS A FOCAL POINT FOR TECHNICIAN ENGINEERS AND WOULD BE FOR THE GOOD OF THE PROFESSION IN GENERAL.
MR OSBORNE WAS SPEAKING AT THE SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE HONG KONG CENTRE OF THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS INCORPORATED ENGINEERS, WHOSE COMMITTEE HE SAID SHOULD GIVE CONSIDERATION TO TAKING THE LEAD IN FORMING THE COUNCIL.
+ I THINK SUCH A COUNCIL CAN ONLY BE TO THE INSTITUTION'S GOOD AND THE GOOD OF THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION IN HONG KONG, + HE SAID.
MR OSBORNE SAID IN THE PAST, TECHNICIAN ENGINEERS AND ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS HERE APPEARED TO HAVE OVERLOOKED THE NEED TO ORGANISE THEMSELVES TOGETHER AS LEARNED SOCIETIES TO ENHANCE THE IR PROFESSIONAL - STATUS.
SINCE ITS INCORPORATION BY ORDINANCE IN 1975, THE HONG KONG INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS HAD PROVIDED A SOUND LEARNED SOCIETY WHICH PROMOTED THE COMMON INTERESTS OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS HERE.
BEFORE THAT, THE ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF HONG KONG HAD DONE THE SAME, MR OSBORNE SAID.
+ IT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT THAT TECHNICIAN INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS YOURS, SHOULD ALSO PROMOTE SIMILAR OBJECTIVES AMONG THEIR MEMBERS, HE STATED.
+THEREFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THE LEAD AND ESTABLISH GOOD CONTACT WITH OTHER LOCAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS AND SOCIETIES, SO THAT YOU MAY POOL YOUR RESOURCES FOR ACTIVITIES OF COMMON INTEREST AND, IN DUE COURSE, DEVELOP INTO RESPECTED AND INFLUENTIAL LEARNED SOCIETIES IN HONG KONG.+
MR OSBORNE SAID HE HAD RECENTLY BEEN TO PEKING WITH A GROUP OF SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AS GUESTS OF THE CHINA ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (C.A.S.T.).
DURING DISCUSSIONS WITH C.A.S.T., HE HAD FOUND STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE NEED FOR PROPERLY EDUCATED AND TRAINED TECHNICIANS.
MR OSBORNE SAID HE HAD LONG ARGUED THAT THE THRUST TOWARDS
A LARGE NUMBER OF ENGINEERING DEGREE HOLDERS MUST BE SUPPORTED BY AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF PROPERLY QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN ENGINEERS,
/+THE CHINA