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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1991

ALTHOUGH

MR BARNS EXPLAINED THAT THE AMENDMENT, PERSONS FROM ·SING THE TITLE "REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL' IF NOT SO ENTITLED, IN NO WAY BREACHED ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL

SHOP" BEHIND THE BILLS THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO "CLOSED

REGISTRATION.

"ANY

ARE

RESTRICTING THEY WERE

PRINCIPELS BECAUSE OF

CLAIM TO BE A CAN NOT.

STILL

ΤΟ

THAT THEY D0 NOT PROVIDED PERSON,

WHEN THEY SURVEYOR' 'REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL PRACTISE IN HONG KONG WITHOUT HINDRANCE, AND THE REGISTER IS OPEN

PRACTISING PROFESSIONALS, ALL APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED, EXPERIENCED,

INSTITUTE," WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL PROFESSIONAL HE SAID.

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WOULD

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT REGISTRATION OF THOSE QUALIFIED NOT BE COMPULSORY, BUT THERE WOULD BE OBVIOUS BENEFITS ACCRUING FROM THE USE OF THE TITLE "REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR" OR "REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL PLANNER",

THAT A REGISTERED

THE SURVEYORS REGISTRATION BILL REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR SHOULD SPECIFY THE DISCIPLINE IN WHICH HE OR SHE FIELD OF WAS QUALIFIED, SO THAT THERE WAS NO DOUBT AS TO THE ACTUAL EXPERTISE OF THE INDIVIDUAL CONCERNED.

THE BILLS WERE PASSED WITH AMENDMENTS.

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APPEAL BOARD TO BE CHAIRED BY MEMBER OF LEGAL PROFESSION

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THE ADMINISTRATION WILL SEEK TO APPOINT A SENIOR MEMBER OF LEGAL PROFESSION TO ACT AS CHAIRMAN OF THE TOWN PLANNING APPEAL PANEL.

THE BOARD

ENVIRONMENT AND THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING,

TOWN LANDS, THF HON GRAHAM BARNES, WHEN HE WOUND UP THE DEBATE ON THE

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY PLANNING (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL AT (WEDNESDAY).

MR BARNES SAID THE ADMINISTRATION DID CONSIDER

THE FOR LEGCO AD HOC GROUP'S PROPOSAL CHAIRMAN OF THE APPEAL BOARD PANEL AND ALSO OF THE SUPREME COURT ON THE MATTER.

CAREFULLY THE APPOINTMENT OF A JUDGE AS CONSULTED THE REGISTRAR

PRESSURE THIS

"THE ADVICE WAS THAT BECAUSE OF THE VERY CONSIDERABLE ON THE COURTS RELATING TO JUDICIAL WORK, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE FOR REQUEST TO BE MET," HE SAID.

COUNCIL

UNDER

THE

EXISTING

SECTION

MR BARNES ALSO GAVE ASSURANCE THAT THE APPEAL BOARD WOULD

OF THE GOVERNOR IN THE SAME POWERS AND TERMS OF REFERENCE AS THOSE

THE

HAVE

17(7)

OF

TOWN

PLANNING

ORDINANCE.

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