SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1982
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REGIONAL ISATION OF TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL BE RESTRUCTURED ON OCTOBER 18 WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THREE REGIONAL OFFICES TO COVER HONG KONG AND THE OUTLYING ISLANDS, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A SPOKESMAN SAID TWO NEW ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO HEAD THE KOWLOON AND NEW TERRITORIES REGIONS.
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THEY ARE MR PANG HAU-CHUNG AND MR R. G. SCURFIELD BOTH OF WHOM HAVE VERY EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT FIELD.
MR PANG WHO WILL HEAD THE KOWLOON AREA, JOINED GOVERNMENT IN AUGUST 1962 AND HAS WORKED IN THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, THE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT SURVEY DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE AND PRIOR TO HIS NEW ASSIGNMENT, WAS CHIEF ENGINEER IN THE HONG KONG DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE.
MR PANG TOOK UP HIS NEW POST ON SEPTEMBER 16.
MR SCURFIELD WHO WILL TAKE CHARGE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES REGION HAS HAD CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE IN THE TRANSPORT FIELD HAVING WORKED AS A CONSULTANT IN A NUMBER OF ENGINEERING FIRMS. IN APRIL 1980, HE JOINED WILBUR SMITH AND ASSOCIATES AS A SENIOR TRANSPORT PLANNER. IN MARCH THIS YEAR, HE WAS SECONDED TO THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF FEEDER BUS SERVICES TO THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY. HE JOINED THE DEPARTMENT ON OCTOBER 1.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SETTING UP OF REGIONAL OFFICES WILL ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO RESPOND MORE QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO THE NEEDS OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION,
+AFTER ALL, HE POINTED OUT, EACH REGION HAS ITS OWN TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS.
THE REGIONAL ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATIONS IN THE IR DISTRICTS. THEY WILL ALSO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DEAL WITH DAY-TO-DAY PROBLEMS DIRECT, THUS ENSURING A MORE SPEEDY RESPONSE TO REGIONAL NEEDS AND PROBLEMS.
EARLIER IN APRIL, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WAS CONSIDERABLY STRENGTHENED WHEN THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE CAME UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT.
THIS COUPLED WITH THE REGIONALISATION PROGRAMME WILL BRING TOGETHER INTO THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL ASPECTS OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT.
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