6.72
Fourteen Engineers from overseas were recruited. Three Assistant Engineers were promoted to full professional grade. Seven civil engineering graduates were appointed Assistant Engineers.
6.73
A total of fourteen officers, including twelve with over 20 years service each, retired during the year.
6.74
Three officers died during the year.
Training
6.75
One Government Engineer, during his vacation leave, undertook a series of duty visits and attachments designed to ascertain recent trends and developments in the fields of solid waste disposal, sewage treatment and water pollution control in Canada, U.S.A. and the U.K. During his stay in the U.K., he attended a "Solid Waste Disposal & Re-use" Course of one week's duration at Loughborough University. He also attended the International Environmental Management Seminar sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme Scholarship, held in Geneva in January 1977.
6.76
One Chief Engineer attended, as a United Nations Study Fellow, the Training Seminar on Environmental Aspects of Development, held in Bangkok in October/November 1976.
6.77
One Chief Engineer attended, also as a United Nations Study Fellow, the Regional Training Course on Techniques and Policies for Area Development, held in Bangkok in October/November 1976.
6.78
One Senior Engineer was selected by the Hong Kong Productivity Centre as a member of the Hong Kong Industrial Pollution Study Mission to Japan in December, 1976.
6.79
Thirty-five Foremen were recruited in two intakes during the year and they attended a six-month full-time development training course conducted by the Technical Training Unit, to be followed by 18-month in-service field training and supplemented by 4-year part-time day-release courses specially organised by the Hong Kong Polytechnic.
6.80
Ten students from the University of Hong Kong, three students from the Hong Kong Polytechnic and two students from the Baptist College received summer training. The Technical Secretary, Civil Engineering Office, co-ordinated their training in various Divisions.
6.81
One Engineer was attached to various U.K. counties to study waste disposal and controlled tipping techniques and was also attached to a consultant firm in related fields of engineering and attended a 2-week course on concrete technology in the U.K. in July/August 1976. En route to the U.K., he attended the 2nd International Congress of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association held in Padova, Italy, in June 1976, and on his return journey from the U.K., he attended the Congress "Project Life 200" in Salzburg, Austria, in September 1976.
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6.72
Fourteen Engineers from overseas were recruited. Three Assistant Engineers were promoted to full professional grade. Seven civil engineering graduates were appointed Assistant Engineers.
6.73
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A total of fourteen officers, including twelve with over 20 years
service each, retired during the year.
6.74
Three officers died during the year.
Training
6.75
One Government Engineer, during his vacation leave, undertook a series of duty visits and attachments designed to ascertain recent trends and developments in the fields of solid waste disposal, sewage treatment and water pollution control in Canada, U.S.A. and the U.K. During his stay in
the U.K., he attended a "Solid Waste Disposal & Re-use" Course of one week's duration at Loughborough University. He also attended the Internation Environmental Management Seminar sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme Scholarship, held in Geneva in January 1977.
6.76
One Chief Engineer attended, as a United Nations Study Fellow, the Training Seminar on Environmental Aspects of Development, held in Bangkok in October/November 1976.
6.77 One Chief Engineer attended, also as a United Nations Study Fellow, the Regional Training Course on Techniques and Policies for Area Development, held in Bangkok in October/November 1976.
6.78
One Senior Engineer was selected by the Hong Kong Productivity Centre as a member of the Hong Kong Industrial Pollution Study Mission to Japan in December, 1976.
.6.79
Thirty-five Foremen were recruited in two intakes during the year and they attended a six-month full-time development training course conducted by the Technical Training Unit, to be followed by 18-month in-service field training and supplemented by 4-year part-time day-release courses specially organised by the Hong Kong Polytechnic.
6.80
Ten students from the University of Hong Kong, three students from the Hong Kong Polytechnic and two students from the Baptist College received summer training. The Technical Secretary, Civil Engineering Office, co-ordinated their training in various Divisions.
6.81
One Engineer was attached to various U.K. counties to study waste disposal and controlled tipping techniques and was also attached to a consultant firm in related fields of engineering and attended a 2-week course on concrete technology in the U.K. in July/August 1976. En route to the .K., he attended the 2nd International Congress of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association held in Padova, Italy, in June 1976, and on his return journey from the UK. he attended the Congress "Project Life 200" in Salzburg, Austria, in September 1976.
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