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registration.

of

This will certainly facilitate competent execution

statutory functions under the Buildings Ordinance which is

highly essential.

it is also

TO tidy up the existing regulations

desirable to make the amendments, as before us, to abolish the

requirement for a full examination intended for applicants without formal qualification, in view of the absence of any

applicants for many years, and to make the professional

interviews discretionary as such interviews may not be necessary

in some instances, such as on re-registration.

The proposed amendments have been endorsed by the Land and Building Advisory Committee which includes representatives of

the relevant professional bodies as well as Members of this

Council.

Sir, with these

remarks,

regulations.

0117D

H

support the

amended