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NONDA”, FEBRUARY 26, 1979

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HE SAID: +FOR INSTANCE, THE BRINGING OF LAND INTO USE AND IN SOME CASES, ITS CREATION, AS WELL AS ITS ACCURATE DEMARCATION HAVE REQUIRED THE SERVICES OF MORE AND MORE PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS AS WELL AS THOSE CONCERNED WITH LAND ECONOMY AND VALUATION.

*THE STAFF OF THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS STEADILY INCREASED TO MEET THIS NEED.

+ THE EXPANSION OF NEW BUILDING ACTIVITY, WITH MORE COMPLEX AND HIGHER AND HIGHER STRUCTURES, AS WELL AS OTHER CONSTRUCTION, HAD PLACED GROWING DEMANDS ON BUILDING SURVEYORS AND QUANTITY SURVEYORS, BOTH IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.

+THE EVER INCREASING NUMBERS OF BUILDINGS AND THE PROBLEMS MAINTAINING THEM AND KEEPING THEM IN GOOD STRUCTURAL REPAIR, THE CONTROL OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND SO ON WERE EXPANDING THE WORK REQUIRED OF THE SURVEYORS IN THE GOVERNMENT'S BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE AND, OF COURSE, THE VALUERS IN THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT ALSO HAD A CONTINUALLY GROWING TASK,

+AND OVERALL THE GREATER SIZE AND COMPLEXITY OF MODERN DEVELOPMENTS ARE TAXING THE SKILLS OF ALL THE PROFESSIONS REPRESENTED HERE TODAY.+

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REORGANISATION OF URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN NEW TERRITORIES

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THE NEW TERRITORIES REGION OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO BE RENAMED THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS FROM APRIL 1.

IN ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (MONDAY), THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR. BRIAN WILSON, SAID THE NEW DEPARTMENT WILL REMAIN WITHIN THE AMBIT OF THE USD UNDER THE OVERALL CONTROL OF THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES.

+ THE DECISION TO CREATE THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT RECOGNISES THE NEED TO STRENGTHEN THE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF SERVICES IN THE NT TO IDENTIFY MORE CLOSELY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES IN AND FOR THE AREA AND TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE LARGE INCREASES IN RESOURCES WHICH ARE AND WILL BE NECESSARY TO MEET THE EXPANDING REQUIREMENTS THERE, HE EXPLAINED,

ON REORGANISATION, MR. H.S. GREWAL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES (NEW TERRITORIES), WILL ASSUME THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES.

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