2.69. Evening courses, at the Hong Kong Technical College, in building construction, structural, electrical and mechanical engineering and other allied subjects were attended by a total of 61 building and electrical foremen and junior grade technical office staff.
2.70. A course at the Hong Kong Technical College leading to the examinations of the Institute of Structural Engineers and a further course on the design and construction of pre-stressed concrete were attended by four members of the Structural Engineering Division, while extra-mural study courses at Hong Kong University on soil mechanics, mechanization in architecture and communication in architecture were attended by a number of officers.
2.71. A Hong Kong Government Scholarship was awarded to a Structural Engineer enabling him to undergo a nine-month course of practical training on pre-stressed concrete and steel frame design in the United Kingdom.
2.72. One Structural Engineer was awarded a Scholarship by the Confederation of Building Industry enabling him to attend a nine-month course of specialized training in pre-stressed concrete in London, followed by a short course of training in computer analysis of structural problems.
2.73. One Air-Conditioning Engineer and one Assistant Air-Conditioning Engineer attended courses of lectures at Minneapolis and La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.A.; one course covering instruction on automatic control systems for air-conditioning and refrigeration systems, the other course covering modern air-conditioning techniques and allied subjects.
2.74. During the year one Architect participated in the '28th World Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Planning' held in Tokyo and one Senior Architect attended a conference on 'Airport Requirements for the 1970's' at Seattle, Washington, in connexion with the Kai Tak Airport Terminal Investigation which commenced before the end of the year.
2.75. A working party on the training of surveyors was set up towards the end of the year under the aegis of the Secretariat Training and Examinations Unit and two Quantity Surveyors from the Architectural Office participated in preliminary discussions on the subject.
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2.69. Evening courses, at the Hong Kong Technical College, in building construction, structural, electrical and mechanical engineering and other allied subjects were attended by a total of 61 building and electrical foremen and junior grade technical office staff.
2.70. A course at the Hong Kong Technical College leading to the examinations of the Institute of Structural Engineers and a further course on the design and construction of pre-stressed concrete were attended by four members of the Structural Engineering Division, while extra-mural study courses at Hong Kong University on soil mechanics, mechanization in architecture and communication in architecture were attended by a number of officers.
2.71. A Hong Kong Government Scholarship was awarded to a Structural Engineer enabling him to undergo a nine-month course of practical training on pre-stressed concrete and steel frame design in the United Kingdom.
2.72. One Structural Engineer was awarded a Scholarship by the Confederation of Building Industry enabling him to attend a nine-month course of specialized training in pre-stressed concrete in London, follow- ed by a short course of training in computer analysis of structural problems.
2.73. One Air-Conditioning Engineer and one Assistant Air-Condi- tioning Engineer attended courses of lectures at Minneapolis and La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.A.; one course covering instruction on automatic control systems for air-conditioning and refrigeration systems, the other course covering modern air-conditioning techniques and allied subjects.
2.74. During the year one Architect participated in the '28th World Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Planning' held in Tokyo and one Senior Architect attended a conference on 'Airport Requirements for the 1970's' at Seattle, Washington, in con- nexion with the Kai Tak Airport Terminal Investigation which com- menced before the end of the year.
2.75. A working party on the training of surveyors was set up towards the end of the year under the aegis of the Secretariat Training and Examinations Unit and two Quantity Surveyors from the Architec- tural Office participated in preliminary discussions on the subject.
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