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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1975

TWO NEW MTR CORPORATION DIRECTORS APPOINTED

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THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY HAS ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENTS OF MR. PAUL HUGH FINDEN ANDREW AS THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DESIGNATE, AND MR. LAU WAH-SUM AS THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE - DESIGNATE IN THE FUTURE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION.

THESE APPOINTMENTS COMPLETE THE DIRECTORATE OF THE CORPORATION WHICH IS SHORTLY TO BE ESTABLISHED.

MR. ANDREW HAS WORLD-WIDE EXPERIENCE IN ENGINEERING. DURING HIS CAREER, HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF PROJECTS INCLUDING. THE STANDARD GRANGE PROJECT FOR THE WESTERN AUSTRALIA GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS SCHEME - A PROJECT WITH OVER 600 MILES OF NEW STANDARD GRANGE TRACK, THE COST OF WHICH WAS ON A SCALE COMPARABLE TO THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY,

AFTER GRADUATING FROM CITY AND GUILDS COLLEGE WITH AN HONOURS DEGREE, MR. ANDREW BECAME AN ASSOCIATE OF THE CITY AND GUILDS INSTITUTE. HE WAS AWARDED THE DIPLOMA OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE FOLLOWING POST-GRADUATE STUDY,

BETWEEN 1957 AND 1962 HE WAS A SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER WITH G MAUNSELL AND PARTNERS AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN OF POWER STATIONS, WATER PURIFICATION WORKS AND PUMPING STATIONS IN IRAQ, BRIDGE WORK IN ECUADOR AND THE CONVERSION OF THE MALTA DOCKYARD TO CIVIL USE.

FROM 1962 TO 1974 MR. ANDREW UNDERTOOK STUDY, DESIGN, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF MANY LARGE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF AUSTRALIA,

HE BECAME A PARTNER OF MAUNSELL AND PARTNERS IN 1967. MORE RECENTLY HE WAS THE PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF THE 400,000 DWT DRY DOCK IN SINGAPORE FOR SEMBAWANG SHIPYARD LTD.

MR. ANDREW HAS ALREADY TAKEN UP HIS APPOINTMENT.

MR. LAU WAH-SUM WAS BORN IN HONG KONG IN 1928. HE IS CURRENTLY PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN THE FINANCE BRANCH OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. FOR MANY MONTHS HE HAS WORKED ON THE FINANCE ASPECTS OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, HE IS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS.

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