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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1981

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'SPECTACULAR RECORD' FOR RATING AND VALUATION OFFICERS IN SURVEYORS' EXAMINATIONS

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A +SPECTACULAR RECORD+ OF 13 PASSES WAS ACHIEVED THIS YEAR BY RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT OFFICERS IN THE FINAL EXAMINATION OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS, THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION, MR RAYMOND FRY, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT AN INFORMAL CEREMONY IN WHICH HE CONGRATULATED A TOTAL OF 22 CANDIDATES WHO TOOK THE THREE DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE INSTITUTE'S EXAMINATIONS PARTS ONE AND TWO, AND THE FINAL MR FRY SAID THE 13 PASSES IN THE FINAL WERE A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT+ ON THE PART OF THE OFFICERS CONCERNED.

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THE RESULTS OF THIS YEAR TOGETHER WITH THE SEVEN PASSES IN THE FINAL LAST YEAR - INDICATE THAT THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUOUS TRAINING PROGRAMME IS CLOSE TO ACHIEVING ITS GOAL OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF LOCALLY-QUALIFIED CHARTERED SURVEYORS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, MR FRY SAID.

THE HOLDING OF THE EXAMINATIONS BETWEEN LATE MARCH AND EARLY APRIL THIS YEAR RESULTED IN TWO PASSES IN THE PART ONE AND SEVEN IN THE PART TWO, IN ADDITION TO THE 13 IN THE FINAL.

✦ THE RESULTS ARE A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT ON THE PART OF THE OFFICERS CONCERNED AND THEY ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION, MR FRY SAID.

THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED THE FINAL EXAMINATION ARE NOW REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND PASS A TEST OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE BEFORE THEY MAY BE ELECTED TO CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP OF THE INSTITUTION, AS ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS.

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