are similarly attached for 6 months before starting with their respective branches.
7.45. During the year one Survey Training Class comprising 6 Surveying Assistants (Land), Class III and 12 Surveying Assistants (Engineering), Class III completed a 7 months full-time course and one class of 8 Cartographic Assistants, Class III, 6 from this office and 2 from New Territories Administration completed a six months full-time course.
7.46. The courses were conducted in accommodation provided at the Technical College but all courses were organized and instructors provided by the Survey Branch.
7.47. All Surveying and Cartographic Assistants Class III are required to pass a departmental promotion examination before gaining promotion to Class II. During the year results were as follows:
Passed Sat Surveying Assistants (Land) 15 31 Surveying Assistants (Eng.) 9 26 Cartographic Assistants (C.L. & S.O.) 16 16 Cartographic Assistants (N.T.A.) 8 137.48. 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 a correspondence course and to attend evening classes at the Hong Kong Technical College. Surveying Assistants (Estate) who were preparing for the final examination were permitted to attend a day-release course at the Hong Kong Technical College on one day each week. There were ten officers undergoing this form of training during the year, and one student passed the Final examination and two the Intermediate examination (General Section) of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Overseas Training
7.49. Two Assistant Planning Officers were awarded Government Scholarships for two-year, post-graduate town planning courses at Universities in Britain and Australia; three returned after successfully completing similar courses. Two Surveying Assistants (Estate), Class II began a twelve-month training attachment to the Estates and Development Valuer, Plymouth and two returned after completing similar attachments.
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are similarly attached for 6 months before starting with their respective branches.
7.45. During the year one Survey Training Class comprising 6 Surveying Assistants (Land), Class III and 12 Surveying Assistants (Engineering), Class III completed a 7 months full-time course and one class of 8 Cartographic Assistants, Class III, 6 from this office and 2 from New Territories Administration completed a six months full-time
course.
7.46. The courses were conducted in accommodation provided at the Technical College but all courses were organized and instructors pro- vided by the Survey Branch.
7.47. All Surveying and Cartographic Assistants Class III are required to pass a departmental promotion examination before gaining promotion to Class II. During the year results were as follows:
Passed
Surveying Assistants (Land)
Surveying Assistants (Eng.)
Cartographic Assistants (C.L. & S.O.) Cartographic Assistants (N.T.A.) ...
Sat
31
26
..
15
9
16
13
16
8
7.48. 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 a correspondence course and to attend evening classes at the Hong Kong Technical College. Surveying Assist- ants (Estate) who were preparing for the final examination were permitted to attend a day-release course at the Hong Kong Technical College on one day each week. There were ten officers undergoing this form of training during the year, and one student passed the Final examination and two the Intermediate examination (General Section) of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Overseas Training
7.49. Two Assistant Planning Officers were awarded Government Scholarships for two-year, post-graduate town planning courses at Universities in Britain and Australia; three returned after successfully completing similar courses. Two Surveying Assistants (Estate), Class II began a twelve-month training attachment to the Estates and Develop- ment Valuer, Plymouth and two returned after completing similar attachments.
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