the previous year was appointed as Assistant Planning Officer and two officers were appointed as Assistant Cartographers. At the end of the year seven vacancies existed for Estate Surveyors, six for Assistant Estate Surveyors, two for Planning Officers and two for Land Surveyors.
6.43. Seven members of the Crown Lands and Survey Office who had served for more than 10 years retired during the year.
6.44. The deaths of Mr. B. H. SMITH, Cartographer, on 9th May, 1968, Mr. B. R. THOMPSON, Land Surveyor, on 22nd July, 1968 and CHAN Ping, Surveying Assistant (Land), Class II on 16th July, 1968 are recorded with deep regret.
Training
6.45. Surveying Assistants (Engineering, Estate, Land and Planning) are mostly young men with the appropriate academic qualifications, often recruited immediately after leaving school. Joining the service initially at Class III level, they attend a comprehensive course in land survey and thereafter the Engineering and Land streams are attached to various functional survey sections for field and practical experience for a period of 12 months, whilst the Estate and Planning streams are similarly attached for 6 months before starting with their respective branches.
6.46. During the year, one six-month full-time course for newly-recruited Surveying Assistants (Land) and (Engineering), totalling 16 trainees, was completed at the Hong Kong Technical College. All instructors were supplied from Survey Branch staff. 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 90 sat and 63 passed compared with 75 and 40 respectively in the previous year. Three students passed the Intermediate Examination of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in the Land Survey Section.
6.47. 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 course and to attend evening classes at the Hong Kong Technical College and Hong Kong University. There were eight officers undergoing this form of training
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the previous year was appointed as Assistant Planning Officer and two officers were appointed as Assistant Cartographers. At the end of the year seven vacancies existed for Estate Surveyors, six for Assistant Estate Surveyors, two for Planning Officers and two for Land Surveyors.
6.43. Seven members of the Crown Lands and Survey Office who had served for more than 10 years retired during the year.
6.44. The deaths of Mr. B. H. SMITH, Cartographer, on 9th May, 1968, Mr. B. R. THOMPSON, Land Surveyor, on 22nd July, 1968 and CHAN Ping, Surveying Assistant (Land), Class II on 16th July, 1968 are recorded with deep regret.
Training
6.45. Surveying Assistants (Engineering, Estate, Land and Planning) are mostly young men with the appropriate academic qualifications, often recruited immediately after leaving school. Joining the service initially at Class III level, they attend a comprehensive course in land survey and thereafter the Engineering and Land streams are attached to various functional survey sections for field and practical experience for a period of 12 months, whilst the Estate and Planning streams are similarly attached for 6 months before starting with their respective branches.
6.46. During the year, one six-month full-time course for newly- recruited Surveying Assistants (Land) and (Engineering), totalling 16 trainees, was completed at the Hong Kong Technical College. All instructors were supplied from Survey Branch staff. 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 90 sat and 63 passed compared with 75 and 40 respectively in the previous year. Three students passed the Inter- mediate Examination of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in the Land Survey Section.
6.47. 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 course and to attend evening Classes at the Hong Kong Technical College and Hong Kong University. There were eight officers undergoing this form of training
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