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two Surveying Assistants (Land) passed the Final examination; in the General Section, five Student Estate Surveyors passed the Intermediate examination and two Surveying Assistants (Estate) passed the Final examination.

7.64 During the year one Survey Training Class comprising four Surveying Assistants (Land) Class III and fifteen Surveying Assistants (Engineering) Class III completed an 8 months full-time course and one Cartographic Training Class of sixteen Cartographic Assistants Class III, ten from this office and six from the New Territories Administration, completed a six months full-time course. 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 (Planning) 1 1 Surveying Assistants (Land) 3 3 Cartographic Assistants (C.L. and S.O.) 4 ... Cartographic Assistants (N.T.A.) 4 2 Surveying Assistants (Engineering) 23 3

7.65 A limited number of entrants who have the necessary academic qualifications to become Students of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are recruited as Student Estate Surveyors and encouraged to take a correspondence course and to attend evening classes at the Hong Kong Technical College. Student Estate Surveyors, 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 six officers undergoing this form of training during the year. Five students passed the Intermediate examination (General Section) of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Overseas Training

7.66 Three Assistant Planning Officers were awarded Government Scholarships for two-year post-graduate town planning courses at Universities in Australia; one returned after successfully completing a similar course. One Assistant Estate Surveyor and one Student Estate Surveyor began a twelve-month training attachment to the Estates and Development Valuer, Plymouth and one returned after completing a similar attachment.

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two Surveying Assistants (Land) passed the Final examination; in the General Section, five Student Estate Surveyors passed the Intermediate examination and two Surveying Assistants (Estate) passed the Final examination.

7.64 During the year one Survey Training Class comprising four Surveying Assistants (Land) Class III and fifteen Surveying Assistants (Engineering) Class III completed an 8 months full-time course and one Cartographic Training Class of sixteen Cartographic Assistants Class III, ten from this office and six from the New Territories Administration, completed a six months full-time course. 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 (Planning) 1 1 Surveying Assistants (Land) 3 3 Cartographic Assistants (C.L. and S.O.) 4 ... Cartographic Assistants (N.T.A.) 4 2 Surveying Assistants (Engineering) 23 3

7.65 A limited number of entrants who have the necessary academic qualifications to become Students of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are recruited as Student Estate Surveyors and encouraged to take a correspondence course and to attend evening classes at the Hong Kong Technical College. Student Estate Surveyors, 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 six officers undergoing this form of training during the year. Five students passed the Intermediate examination (General Section) of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Overseas Training

7.66 Three Assistant Planning Officers were awarded Government Scholarships for two-year post-graduate town planning courses at Universities in Australia; one returned after successfully completing a similar course. One Assistant Estate Surveyor and one Student Estate Surveyor began a twelve-month training attachment to the Estates and Development Valuer, Plymouth and one returned after completing a similar attachment.

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