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TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1976
NEW AIRPORT GENERAL MANAGER ASSUMES DUTY
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AN EXPERIENCED CIVIL AVIATION MAN AND A FAMILIAR FACE TO HONG KONG, MR. KEN SMITH HAS ARRIVED FROM AUSTRALIA AND ASSUMED DUTY TODAY (TUESDAY) AS THE AIRPORT GENERAL MANAGER.
HE SUCCEEDS MR. H.M. (JOHNNY) JOHNSTON WHO LEFT LAST MONTH ON COMPLETION OF HIS AGREEMENT.
MR. SMITH'S ASSOCIATION WITH KAI TAK BEGAN IN FEBRUARY 1973 WHEN, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A PREVIOUS AIRPORT GENERAL MANAGER, MR. BILL MORGAN, HE WAS SECONDED TO HONG KONG FROM THE MELBOURNÉ (TULLAMARINE) AIRPORT WHERE HE WAS SENIOR DIRECTOR.
WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS PROFESSIONALISM AND EXPERTISE IN THIS FIELD, MR. SMITH FIRST JOINED THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION, AUSTRÁLIA IN 1950 AND HAS SINCE HELD VARIOUS RESPONSIBLE POSTS, INCLUDING 10 YEARS AS AIRPORT MANAGER AT ESSENDON AIRPORT AND AIRPORT DIRECTOR OF MELBOURNE AIRPORT.
HONOURS BESTOWED ON HIM INCLUDE A DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND A MENTION IN DESPATACHES DURING THE WAR.
TANNERS MEET DEADLINE ******
THE 55 TANNERY OPERATORS AT SHEUNG SHUI CONTINUED TO CLEAR THEIR SITES TODAY (TUESDAY) AFTER A GOVERNMENT INSPECTION TEAM HAD SATISFIED ITSELF THAT THE OPERATORS HAD MET AN 8 A.M. DEADLINE FOR THE REMOVAL OF ALL THEIR HEAVY MACHINERY.
THE OPERATORS HAVE ANOTHER 17 DAYS - UNTIL AUGUST 20 REMOVE THE REST OF THE IR POSSESSIONS AND TO DEMOLISH THEIR STRUCTURES.
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DISTRICT OFFICER TAIPO, MR. CLIVE OXLEY, HEADED A TEAM OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO TOURED THE TANNERIES EARLY THIS MORNING TO ENSURE THAT THE HEAVY MACHINERY HAD BEEN REMOVED IN TIME.
+ALL THE OPERATORS HAD COMPLIED WITH THE DEADLINE AND THEY HAVE CO-OPERATED SO WELL THAT I AM SURE THEY'LL MEET THE AUGUST 20 DEADLINE, HE SAID.
+IN THE MEANTIME, STAFF FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL BE MAKING A DAILY CHECK TO SEE THAT THE CLEARANCE IS PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY, HE ADDED.
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