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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1974
KMAN FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION
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THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY HAS ANNOUNCED .IE/APPOINTMENT OF MR. NORMAN SINCLAIR THOMPSON AS CHAIRMAN- DESIGNATE OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (CORPORATION WHICH IS TO BE SET UP BY LEGISLATION LATER THIS YEAR TO TAKE OVER THE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY PROJECT,
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MR. THOMPSON IS CURRENTLY MANAGING DIRECTO. OF THE CUNARD
STEAMSHIP COMPANY LTD.
"E OF BORN IN 1920, MR. THOMPSON IS A FELLOW OF THE INSTITU.. TE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS AND AN ASSOCIATION MEMBER OF THE INSTITU. OF COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS.
MR. THOMPSON HAS LONG EXPERIENCE IN MAJOR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES. BEFORE JOINING THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP. COMPANY IN 1970, MR. THOMPSON WAS DEPUTY HANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE SWAN HUNTER GROUP AND PRIOR TO THAT, AS OVERSEAS DIRECTOR, WAS ཐཱ་ RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RE-ORGANISATION AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FORMER NAVAL DOCKYARDS IN MALTA, SINGAPORE AND TRINIDAD.
BETWEEN 1961 AND 1963, HE WAS FINANCIAL DIRECTOR OF DAVID BROWN AND SONS, MANUFACTURERS OF GEARINGS, AND MACHINE TOOLS, AND BEFORE THAT HE WAS GROUP SECRETARY OF RICHARDSON, WESTGARTH AND COMPANY LTD., MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, AND SHIP. REPAIRERS..
MR. THOMPSON WILL TAKE UP HIS APPOINTMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MR. THOMPSON IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO SONS, AGED 27 AND 20. HIS HOBBIES INCLUDE YACHTING AND MUSIC.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
PHOTOGRAPHS OF MR. THOMPSON WILL BE BOXED FOR COLLECTION THIS EVENING.
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