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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1974.

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TWO DIRECTORS FOR FUTURE MTR CORPORATION ANNOUNCED

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THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY HAS ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. ALAN ROBERT COTTON AS THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, AND MR. JOHN ANTHONY GLOVER AS THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION IN THE FUTURE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION.

MR. COTTON HS WORKED WITH KENNEDY AND DONKIN, CONSULTING. ENGINEERS, FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THIS FIRM HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE AUTHORITY'S CONSULTING ENGINEERS, FREEMAN, FOX AND PARTNERS CFAR EAST).

FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, MR. COTTON, AS A SENIOR ENGINEER, HAS BEEN WORKING IN LONDON ON PLANS FOR THE HONG KONG M.T.R. AS THE FIRM'S PROJECT MANAGER AND HAS VISITED HONG KONG SEVERAL TIMES · IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WORK. AS SUCH, HE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ORGANISATION AND CO-ORDINATION OF DESIGN WORK FOR ALL THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. HE THUS ALREADY HAS A WIDE. AND INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROJECT.

BEFORE JOINING KENNEDY AND DONKIN, MR. COTTON HAD SPENT FIFTEEN YEARS WITH LONDON TRANSPORT, FOR WHICH HE WORKED IN A NUMBER OF RAILWAY ENGINEERING APPOINTMENTS, INCLUDING WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMISSIONING AND OPERATION OF THE VICTORIA LINE.

MR. COTTON IS 42 YEARS OLD, IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO

DAUGHTERS.

HE HAS RESIDED NEAR READING, ENGLAND, UNTIL RECENTLY BUT HAS NOW MOVED TO HONG KONG.

AMONGST HIS OUTSIDE INTERESTS ARE SWIMMING AND WALKING AND HE MAINTAINS A KEEN INTEREST IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN TRANSPORT.

MR. GLOVER WAS BORN IN. LONDON IN 1926.

HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY CH.K.) LTD. AS FINANCE DIRECTOR AND COMPANY SECRETARY, A POSITION HE HAS HELD SINCE 1967.

MOST OF MR. GLOVER'S CAREER HAS BEEN SPENT ON THE ACCOUNTANCY AND SECRETARIAL SIDE OF VARIOUS TOBACCO COMPANIES, INCLUDING THE NIGERIAN TOBACCO COMPANY.

PRIOR TO JOINING BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CH.K.) LTD. HE HAD SPENT 5 YEARS FROM 1962-67 WITH THE SUDAN TOBACCO COMPANY AS FINANCE DIRECTOR AND COMPANY SECRETARY.

MR. GLOVER IS MARRIED WITH TWO DAUGHTERS AGED 17 AND 19. HE IS AT PRESENT RESIDING IN HONG KONG AND IS A COUNCIL MEMBER, OF THE EMPLOYERS FEDERATION OF HONG KONG.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF MR. COTTON AND MR. GLOVER ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE GIS PRESS ROOM, G/FL., BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.

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