THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1979
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APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF BANKING
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THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING TODAY (THURSDAY) ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. KENNETH KWOK WAI-KIN AS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF BANKING.
MR. KWOK WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE DIVISION FOR DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES.
MR. KWOK WHO TAKES UP THE POST TOMORROW (FRIDAY), IS A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT AND A COMMERCE GRADUATE. HE STARTED HIS CAREER WITH PRICE WATERHOUSE AND CO. IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. SINCE RETURNING TO HONG KONG, HE HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE BANK ING AND FINANCIAL FIELD FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS.
PRIOR TO HIS JOINING THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF BANKING, HE WAS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRIDENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED.
SPECIAL TRAINS TO SHA TIN RACE COURSE ******
THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL OPERATE THREE SPECIAL PASSENGER TRAINS TO SHA TIN RACE COURSE STATION ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
THE SPECIAL NON-STOP TRAINS WILL LEAVE KOWLOON STATION
IN HUNG HOM AT 12.30 P.M., 12.51 P.M. AND 1.11 P.M.
THERE WILL BE THREE SPECIAL TRAINS ON THE RETURN JOURNEY TO TAKE PASSENGERS BACK FROM THE RACE COURSE STATION TO KOWLOON STATION ON THESE TWO DAYS.
KCR WILL ALSO RE-ROUTE THREE OF ITS SCHEDULED TRAINS VIA THE RACE COURSE STATION AT 4.42 P.M., 7.10 P.M. AND 7.45 P.M. TO PICK UP PASSENGERS.
THE RUNNING TIME OF THESE SPECIAL TRAINS IS 20 MINUTES AND THE IR TIMETABLES WILL BE DISPLAYED AT ALL RAILWAY STATIONS AND AT THE JOCKEY CLUB'S OFF-COURSE BETTING CENTRES.
A KCR SPOKESMAN TODAY (THURSDAY) ENCOURAGED THOSE GOING BY PRIVATE CARS TO MAKE USE OF THE HUNG HOM MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK ABOVE THE KOWLOON STATION.
HE ALSO REMINDED PEOPLE GOING TO THE NEW TERRITORIES ON THESE TWO DAYS OF THE SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT OF THE TIMETABLES ON THE IR RETURN JOURNEYS TO THE URBAN AREA.
THE REVISED
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