WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1974
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NEW RAILWAY GENERAL MANAGER APPOINTED
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AN EXPERIENCED RAILWAY ENGINEER, MR. REGINALD EDWARD GREGORY,
HAS BEEN APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
HE WILL SUCCEED MR. LAM PO-HON WHO PROCEEDED ON PRE-RETIREMENT
LEAVE ON FEBRUARY 11 AFTER SERVING AS GENERAL MANAGER OF THE
RAILWAY FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS.
MR. GREGORY, AGED 44, WILL ARRIVE ON APRIL 18 ON SECONDMENT
FROM THE BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD TO ASSUME HIS NEW POST.
A CHARTERED ENGINEER AND A MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, MR. GREGORY IS AN EXPERIENCED RAILWAY
ENGINEER AND ADMINISTRATOR WHO HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH
RAILWAYS ALL HIS WORKING LIFE.
HIS OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE HAS INCLUDED PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND
ENGINEERING ADVICE TO THE CEYLON GOVERNMENT RAILWAY ON THE
COMPLETE DIESELISATION OF THE RAILWAY IN 1963 AND GIVING TRAFFIC
COSTING ADVICE TO THE SAME RAILWAY IN 1967.
HE WAS RECENTLY SECONDED FROM THE BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD
AS PROJECT LEADER OF A TEAM PROVIDING INVESTMENT AND MANAGERIAL
ADVICE TO THE GHANA RAILWAYS AND PORTS AUTHORITY.
MR. GREGORY IS MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN. HIS WIFE AND
CHILDREN WILL JOIN HIM ABOUT SIX WEEKS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN
HONG KONG
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