experience for a further 12 months, whilst the Estate and Planning streams are similarly attached for a further 6 months before starting with their respective divisions.
5.38. The Survey Training School, staffed by officers of the Survey Division, continued to operate at the Technical College at Hung Hom. Six-month courses were given to classes of 24 Surveying Assistants in Land Survey and to 20 Cartographic Assistants in draughtsmanship and cartography, the latter being a new venture. This concentrated training has proved highly successful and reduced significantly the general training period required before the trainees can undertake productive work without close supervision.
5.39. All Surveying Assistants Class III and Cartographic Assistants Class III are required to sit departmental examinations to obtain promotion to a higher class. During the year 79 sat and 48 passed this examination compared with 72 and 34 respectively in the previous year.
5.40. A limited number of Surveying Assistants (Estate) who have the necessary academic qualifications to become Student Members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are recruited at Class II level and encouraged to take correspondence courses and to attend evening classes at the Hong Kong Technical College and Hong Kong University. There were 10 officers undergoing this form of training during the year.
5.41. The Superintendent attended the Administrative Development Course Part II in January/February 1967 and one Land Surveyor and one Planning Officer attended the Extra Mural Course in Digital Computer Programming in FORTRAN (i.e. Formula Translation) organized by Hong Kong University. One Planning Officer was granted study leave and attended a course on tropical planning at Melbourne University in Australia.
5.42. Whilst there is as yet no British professional association catering for the needs of Cartographic Assistants wishing to become qualified, selected personnel are sent to the Directorate of Overseas Surveys for a 12 months course. During the year 2 completed and 1 started such a course.
5.43. One Assistant Planning Officer returned after successful completion of a 2-year post-graduate course in Civic Design, whilst 2 other officers started similar courses in September 1966. In addition two more
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experience for a further 12 months, whilst the Estate and Planning streams are similarly attached for a further 6 months before starting with their respective divisions.
5.38. The Survey Training School, staffed by officers of the Survey Division, continued to operate at the Technical College at Hung Hom. Six-month courses were given to classes of 24 Surveying Assistants in Land Survey and to 20 Cartographic Assistants in draughtsmanship and cartography, the latter being a new venture. This concentrated training has proved highly successful and reduced significantly the general train- ing period required before the trainees can undertake productive work without close supervision.
5.39. All Surveying Assistants Class III and Cartographic Assistants Class III are required to sit departmental examinations to obtain promo- tion to a higher class. During the year 79 sat and 48 passed this examination compared with 72 and 34 respectively in the previous year.
5.40. A limited number of Surveying Assistants (Estate) who have the necessary academic qualifications to become Student Members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are recruited at Class II level and encouraged to take correspondence courses and to attend evening classes at the Hong Kong Technical College and Hong Kong University. There were 10 officers undergoing this form of training during the year.
5.41. The Superintendent attended the Administrative Development Course Part II in January/February 1967 and one Land Surveyor and one Planning Officer attended the Extra Mural Course in Digital Com- puter Programming in FORTRAN (i.e. Formula Translation) organized by Hong Kong University. One Planning Officer was granted study leave and attended a course on tropical planning at Melbourne University in Australia.
5.42. Whilst there is as yet no British professional association cater- ing for the needs of Cartographic Assistants wishing to become qualified, selected personnel are sent to the Directorate of Overseas Surveys for a 12 months course. During the year 2 completed and I started such
a course.
5.43. One Assistant Planning Officer returned after successful com- pletion of a 2-year post-graduate course in Civic Design, whilst 2 other officers started similar courses in September 1966. In addition two more
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