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Friday, March 16, 1973

RATING COMMISSIONER TO ATTEND CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND

Mr. R.A. Fry, Commissioner of Rating and Valuation, will be

leaving for Wellington, New Zealand tomorrow (March 17) to attend the

second General Assembly of the Commonwealth Association of Surveying

and Land Econory.

He will be attending the Assembly as the delegate from the Hong

Kong Branch of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, of which

he is the current Vice-Chairman.

Delegates from 30 societies representing 22 countries will be

attending the meeting.

In addition, Mr. Fry will attend a seminar on Surveying and

Land Economy in the Pacific.

He will also be investigating recruitment prospects in Wellington

for Rating and Valuation Surveyors.

The Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy was

set up in 1969 to strengthen professional links between Commonwealth countries.

It aims to improve facilities for professional education and training,

and to foster reciprocal recognition of professional qualification in surveying

and mapping, quantity and building surveying, and land economy.

Note to Editors:

Mr. Fry will be leaving for Sydney by Flight

Q.F 279, E.T.D. 2130 hours tomorrow.

Release time: 7.30 p.m.

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