TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1980
TENDERS CALLED FOR OIL AND SHIPS
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THE PLAN TO KEEP A STRATEGIC STOCK OF FUEL OIL FOR HONG KONG IN MOORED TANKERS TOOK A STEP FORWARD TODAY.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED THAT TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY OF OIL AND THE CHARTER OF THE SHIPS WERE BEING CALLED BY OWENSBOARD ENTERPRISES LTD, THE COMPANY SET UP BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE POWER COMPANIES AND SHELL AND ESSO, TO MANAGE THE SCHEME.
+CALLING FOR TENDERS DOES NOT MEAN THAT A FINAL DECISION TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PROJECT HAS BEEN TAKEN. THIS WILL DEPEND ON THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION OF THE TENDERS RECEIVED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+AT THIS STAGE IT SEEMS TO THE BOARD THAT THE MANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE PROJECT, INCLUDING THE RISK OF POLLUTION, CAN BE SATISFACTORILY OVERCOME AND THAT IT IS STILL IN HONG KONG'S INTEREST TO PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT, HE ADDED.
TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT ****
A TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT IS BEING SET UP BY THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE AND MONITOR ALL COMPLAINTS AND SUGGESTIONS ON TRANSPORT MATTERS.
THE UNIT WILL BE HEADED BY AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, MR JAMES K.C. KWAN, WHO WILL ENSURE ITS EFFICIENT OPERATION IN SUCH A WAY THAT ITS ROLE AS A FORUM FOR AIRING TRANSPORT PROBLEMS IS MET TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS.
MR KWAN, 38, A CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, HAS HAD WIDE EXPERIENCE IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF WAH YAN COLLEGE AND THE NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. AFTER A FEW YEARS' TEACHING EXPERIENCE, HE JOINED THE EXECUTIVE GRADE AND HAS SERVED IN THE INLAND REVENUE, HOME AFFAIRS AND URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
HE ATTENDED A ONE-YEAR DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES COURSE AT THE KINGSTON POLYTECHNIC, UK AND RETURNED IN 1979 TO JOIN THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH BEFORE HE WAS SELECTED FOR THIS APPOINTMENT.
MR KWAN HAS HAD A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC. HE WAS ASSISTANT CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, KWUN TONG DURING THE SAU MAU PING LANDSLIDE DISASTER IN JUNE 1972 AND HE WAS STAFF OFFICER (SWIMMING) IN THE USD BETWEEN 1974 AND 1976.
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