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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 29, 1938.

No 575.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department,

The following is published for general information.

29th July, 1938.

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

EXAMINATIONS OF ENGINEERS.

Notice to Candidates.

Report of the Departmental Committee on Examinations of Engineers

in the Mercantile Marine.

1. A Departmental Committee, under the Chairmanship of Mr. Maurice S. Gibb, C.B.E., J.P., have recently reviewed the system under which candidates are examined for Certificates as Engineers in merchant ships. In their Report they have made a number of important recommendations.

They have recommended that the examination should be divided into two parts with a view to enabling candidates (a) to take that part of the examination which deals with fundamental knowledge (i.e., General Engineering Science, Heat and Heat Engines and Drawing) at an earlier age than at present is the case and, if desired, before going to sea, and (b) to secure exemption from this part of the examination if they have attended approved courses of instruction and have obtained a recognized certificate. The Committee have also made a number of recommendations in regard to the workshop and sea service which should be required of candidates.

2. The recommendations of the Committee have been accepted by the Board of Trade and prospective candidates and all others interested in the subject are advised to make them- selves familiar with the recommendations contained in the Report.*

3. The Hong Kong Government's Rules for the Examina- tion of Engineers will be revised and issued as soon as possible. It is hoped that it will be possible to arrange for the new system of examinations to come into operation in January, 1939, and it is intended that, for a time, both the present system and the new system shall be available at the option of candidates. A notice in regard to the new examination system will be issued in due course. In the meantime, however, there are a number of the Committee's recommendations which can be brought

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Copies of the Report, price 1s. (post free 1s. 1d.) may be obtained through any bookseller or direct from H.M. Stationery Office. Adastral House, Kings- way, London, W.C.2.; 120, George Street, Edinburgh 2; 26, York Street, Man- chester 1; 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff, and 80, Chichester Street, Belfast.

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