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WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1990
THE AD
HOC
GROUP
ALSO
DISCUSSED
AT
WHICH EXPERIENCE
LENGTH CLAUSES REQUIRED A CANDIDATE TO HAVE ONE YEAR'S LOCAL PROFESSIONAL IMMEDIATELY BEFORE REGISTRATION.
HOC GROUP
SHARED
OF REQUIREMENT HAD ΤΟ
THE
THE CONCERN MISS TAM SAID THE AD
PROFESSIONS THAT THE SURVEYING AND THE ARCHITECTURAL MIGHT DISSUADE THOSE WHO HAD EMIGRATED FROM RETURNING IF THEY WORK ONE MORE YEAR IN HONG KONG BEFORE THEY COULD BE REGISTERED.
IT WOULD ALSO MEAN WOULD HAVE TO WORK ONE YEAR ADDED.
PROFESSIONALS
SHE
THAT THE NEWLY QUALIFIED
BEFORE THEY COULD BE REGISTERED,
HOC
BOARD
AFTER PROTRACTED DISCUSSION, THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE AD
AND AGREED THAT THE REGISTRATION GROUP CAME TO A COMPROMISE
THE DISCRETION TO GAUGE SHOULD BE RESTED WITH THE
APPLICANT'S AND THERE WAS NO PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR REGISTRATION PURPOSE NEED TO SPECIFY
LOCAL RELEVANT THE BILLS THAT THE ONE-YEAR IN
BE OBTAINED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE HAD TO APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION, SHE SAID.
THE
THE
IN
HONG
THE
THAT
BE
ON THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PERSON HAS
"ORDINARILY TO BE
BEFORE HE RESIDENT" IN HONG KONG
CAN BE REGISTERED AND PROVISIONS THAT A REGISTERED PERSON WHO HAS FAILED TO RESIDE KONG COULD BE DE-REGISTERED, MISS TAM SAID AFTER MUCH PERSUASION,
THE EFFECT ADMINISTRATION HAD AGREED TO AMEND THE PROVISION TO
TWO YEARS OR MORE WILL NOT ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AWAY FOR CONSIDERED AS "ORDINARY RESIDENT".
WELCOMING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ARCHITECTS REGISTRATION BILL,
THE HON EDWARD HO.
SAID: "THE PURPOSE IN THAT IT ESTABLISHES ACCREDITATION RELATING NOT
ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE AD HOC GROUP, BILL GOES BEYOND THE ABOVE PRIMARY CERTAIN BASIC PRINCIPLES ON PROFESSIONAL ONLY TO THE ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSION BUT ALSO TO OTHER PROFESSIONS."
BASIC PRINCIPLES WERE
HE REMARKED THAT THOSE
CONSIDERED OF KONG NOT ONLY FOR THE GREAT IMPORTANCE BY THE PROFESSIONS IN HONG SOCIETY TODAY BUT PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE YEARS TO COME.
KONG PARTS OF
OF THE REGISTRATION
"IT IS GENERALLY RECOGNISED THAT THE PROFESSIONS IN HONG SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE OPEN TO PROFESSIONALS FROM OTHER WORLD AND HENCE IT IS CONSIDERED THAT A PROPER SYSTEM OF WOULD BE VITAL FOR MAINTAINING A HIGH STANDARD OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.
...
PROFESSIONALISM IN
WHEN THE ROLE OF HE HOPED THAT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL, ARCHITECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WAS MORE CLEARLY DEFINED, ARCHITECTS WOULD DEDICATE EVEN MORE THAN BEFORE TO THE CREATION OF BETTER IN HONG KONG.
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