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and candidates for these additional qualifications normally undergo training in the United Kingdom.

Radiographers. Radiographers are trained by the Radiological Service of the Medical and Health Department for the examina- tions leading to the Membership of the Society of Radiographers, which are also held locally.

Other Training. Departmental training preparatory to study leave abroad for recognized qualifications is given to Physicists and Medical Laboratory Technologists. In-service training for depart- mental examinations is available for Dispensers and for Laboratory Technicians. A qualified Physiotherapy Tutor supervises a training centre in Physiotherapy based on the curriculum of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists.

URBAN SERVICES

The Urban Council has statutory obligations in the urban areas of the Colony for environmental sanitation and hygiene; for the public health control of food; for the enactment, subject to the approval of the Legislative Council, of by-laws relating to public health and hygiene, and for their enforcement; for the maintenance of certain places of public recreation, principally bathing beaches, parks and playgrounds, and for the operation of multi-storey car parks.

The Council derives its main powers from the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, 1960, and from by-laws enacted under that Ordinance. It is responsible, through the Urban Services Department, for the enforcement of this legislation within the urban areas of the Colony. The Department has a staff of 9,666 persons and is organized for administrative purposes into three main divi- sions; the first dealing with cleansing, conservancy, cemeteries and crematoria; the second with food and general hygiene; and the third with hawkers, markets, slaughterhouses and public amenities. Since April 1960, most of these divisional responsibilities have been extended to the New Territories and, for the purpose of co- ordinating activities, a separate organization was set up under the control of an Assistant Superintendent of Urban Services. On the establishment of the department there are 337 administrative, professional, executive and clerical officer posts, excluding the