MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1982
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APPOINTMENTS TO KCR CORPORATION
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THE TRANSITIONAL BOARD OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION ANNOUNCED TODAY THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS:-
MR FELIX CHOW AS FINANCE DIRECTOR;
MR JOHN TRAFFORD AS PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR; AND
MR JONATHAN YU AS PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER.
MR CHOW, AGED 47, WAS BORN IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE AND MOVED IN 1946 TO HONG KONG WHERE HE COMPLETED MOST OF HIS EDUCATION. SINCE THEN MR CHOW HAS SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME IN HONG KONG WITH PERIODS OF WORK ABROAD. HIS CAREER HAS BEEN IN THE FINANCIAL FIELD, SINCE 1974 WITH THE MULTI-NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH AND TĚLEPHONE ORGANISATION.
MR TRAFFORD, AGED 49, WAS A REGULAR BRITISH ARMY OFFICER UNTIL 1977, ATTAINING THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL. IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF HIS SERVICE HE WAS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE. SINCE 1977 MR TRAFFORD HAS BEEN PERSONNEL CONTROLLER OF THE ROCKWARE GROUP OF COMPANIES IN BRITAIN.
MR YU, AGED 33, WAS BORN IN CANTON. HE CAME TO HONG KONG IN 1959 WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION AND HAS WORKED AND LIVED HERE EVER SINCE. ALMOST THE WHOLE OF MR YU'S CAREER HAS BEEN IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY. MOST RECENTLY HE WAS ASSISTANT PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY.
MR CHOW AND MR YU WILL TAKE UP THEIR POSTS ON JULY 1 AND JULY 16 RESPECTIVELY. MR TRAFFORD WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG A LITTLE LATER,
WATER FIGURES
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STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 56.4 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 325.927 MILLION CUBIC METRES, EQUIVALENT TO 218 DAYS' CONSUMPTION.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 216.977 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 37.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
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