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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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