WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1989
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BILLS SEEK TO ENHANCE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
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TWO BILLS AIMED AT ENHANCING AND STANDARDS WERE INTRODUCED (WEDNESDAY).
MAINTAINING
PROFESSIONAL
INTO THE
COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE
TODAY
THEY ARE THE
REGISTRATION ARCHITECTS
BILL
1989
AND
THE
ENGINEERS REGISTRATION BILL 1989.
MOVING THE SECOND READING LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, SAID THE FIRST
ΤΟ PROFESSED
BE TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT THOSE WHO
HAD INDEED RECEIVED QUALIFIED ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS TRAINING AND WERE COMPETENT TO PRACTISE IN HONG KONG.
OF EACH
BILL,
THE
SECRETARY FOR OBJECTIVE WAS PROFESSIONALLY APPROPRIATE
DID REGISTRATION
NOT MEAN
HE ADDED THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF THERE WOULD BE A "CLOSED SHOP" OR THAT THE PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES WOULD BE ABLE TO OPERATE RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES.
"THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE PROFESSIONS INVOLVED THAT THIS LEGISLATION WILL SERVE TO ENHANCE AND MAINTAIN STANDARDS, HE SAID.
IN
H
SUPPORTING
REGISTRATION OF
PROFESSIONAL
ALSO BELIEVE PROFESSIONAL
ARCHITECTS AND
THE
AS
TO
THE
AND THE
CALLED
ENGINEERS, MR BARNES SAID THE ADMINISTRATION HAD RECOGNISED, WITH
CONFUSION IN PROFESSIONS, A CERTAIN
THE PUBLIC MIND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE VARIOUS ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES,
BETWEEN DIFFERENCE
QUALIFIED ARCHITECTS THEMSELVES ARCHITECTS BUT QUALIFIED.
MIGHT NOT
AND
WHO THOSE NECESSARILY BE PROFESSIONALLY
BE COMPULSORY, BUT USE OF THE TITLE
REGISTRATION OF THOSE QUALIFIED WOULD NOT THERE WOULD BE OBVIOUS BENEFITS ACCRUING FROM THE "REGISTERED ARCHITECT" OR "REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER".
(CLAUSE 291 THAT A THE DISCIPLINE IN AS TO THE
THE ENGINEERS REGISTRATION BILL REQUIRED
SPECIFY SHOULD REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WHICH HE OR SHE WAS QUALIFIED, SO THAT THERE WAS NO DOUDT ACTUAL FIELD OF EXPERTISE OF THE INDIVIDUAL CONCERNED.
NEVERTHELESS,
PROFESSIONALS
WHO
WERE NOT STILL BE PERMITTED TO PRACTISE IN HONG KONG PROVIDING NOT IMPLY THAT THEY WERE REGISTERED.
•
REGISTERED
WOULD THAT THEY DID
WERE THAT THE PERSON THE MAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION
HAD AT LEAST ONE YEAR'S PROFESSIONAL WAS ORDINARILY RESIDENT AND
MEETING
RELEVANT ΙΝ
IN EXPERIENCE
ADDITION HONG HONG, ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING STANDARDS.
ΤΟ
THE
LINKED TO THE REGISTRATION INITIALLY WOULD NOT BE CARRY OUT STATUTORY FUNCTIONS UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, THE ADMINISTRATION COULD SEE POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING TO BE SYSTEM HAD BECOME WELL ESTABLISHED.
CONSIDERED
ONCE
IN THIS
THE
RIGHT TO ALTHOUGH
APPLICATION REGISTRATION ·
/MR BARNES