MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1981
KCR CORPORATION CHIEF NAMED
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FOLLOWING THE DECISION TO TURN THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWA› INTO A PUBLIC CORPORATION, THE GOVERNOR, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION TRANSITIONAL BOARD, HAS APPOINTED MR D.M. HOWES TO BE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE (DESIGNÁTE) OF THE FUTURE CORPORATION.
BY VIRTUE OF HIS APPOINTMENT HE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME A MEMBER OF THE KCR CORPORATION TRANSITIONAL BOARD.
THE GOVERNOR, AGAIN ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TRANSITIONAL BOARD, HAS ALSO APPOINTED THE GENERAL MANAGER, RAILWAY, MR WONG ULAM, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE TRANSITIONAL BOARD WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT. A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THIS APPOINTMENT WOULD BRING TO THE BOARD FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE OF THE OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONING OF THE KCR AND SHOULD THEREFORE BE OF CONSIDERABLE HELP TO THE BOARD IN ITS DELIBERATIONS.
MR HOWES WAS GENERAL MANAGER OF THE KCR FROM MAY 1978 TO MARCH 1981. HE IS CURRENTLY CONTROLLER OF RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ELECTRIFICATION AND MODERNISATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
PRIOR TO TAKING UP THAT APPOINTMENT MR HOWES HAD SPENT HIS WHOLE CAREER ON RAILWAY MATTERS IN BRITAIN AND OTHER COUNTRIES. DURING THE 1970S' HE WAS DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER OF THE LONDU.. MIDLAND REGION OF BRITISH RAIL AND DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TRANSMARK, THE BRITISH RAIL CONSULTANCY ORGANISATION.
MR HOWES, WHO IS 62, WILL TAKE UP HIS APPOINTMENT FOR A TWO-YEAR PERIOD ON JANUARY 1.
PENDING THE CREATION OF THE KCR CORPORATION, HIS PRIME RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE TO IMPLEMENT THE DECISIONS OF THE KCRC TRANSITIONAL BOARD. WHEN THE KCR CORPORATION IS CREATED MR HOWES WILL BECOME CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGING AND OPERATING THE RAILWAY.
DES VOEUX ROAD WEST TRAFFIC
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WESTBOUND VEHICLES ALONG DES VOEUX ROAD WEST IN SHEUNG WAN WILL BE BANNED FROM TURNING RIGHT INTO WILMER STREET FROM 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 23).
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