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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1977

SENIOR TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ATTENDS

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INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

THE CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICER OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, MR. PETER MILLER, LEAVES FOR GERMANY THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING TO REPRESENT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AT AN INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT SEMINAR.

THE TWO-WEEK SEMINAR, DEALING WITH NEW APPROACHES TO LOCAL TRANSPORT PLANNING IN CONURBATIONS+, IS SPONSORED BY THE GERMAN FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

IT WILL BE HELD IN WEST BERLIN, HAMBURG AND COLOGNE AND ATTENDED BY DELEGATES FROM ABOUT 20 CAPITAL CITIES INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM SINGAPORE, BANGKOK AND MANILA.

MR. MILLER WILL BE PRESENTING A REPORT ON HONG KONG DEALING WITH TRANSPORT PLANNING AS A MEANS OF +INFLUENCING FUTURE URBAN DEVELOPMENT, LEVELS OF SERVICE BY VARIOUS TRANSPORT MODES AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES DESIGNED TO EQUATE CONFLICTING DEMANDS BY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF LIMITED ROAD AND RAIL CAPACITY.+

THE SEMINAR WILL PROVIDE A VALUABLE FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF WORLD-WIDE TECHNICAL INFORMATION IN RELATION TO IMPROVING TRANSPORT STANDARDS, RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND AN ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF TRANSPORT RESTRAINT POLICIES.

MR. MILLER HAS BEEN CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICER IN HONG KONG SINCE FEBRUARY 1972. HE JOINED THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT DIRECT FROM THE SELNEC PASSENGER TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE IN ENGLAND AND PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS A TRAFFIC ADVISOR TO THE SIERRA LEONE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION IN WEST AFRICA. HE IS CURRENTLY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG SECTION OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TRNASPORT.