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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1981

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FIVE PROMOTED TO TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SENIOR POSTS

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FIVE PROMOTIONS TO SENIOR POSTS WITHIN THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR PETER LEEDS.

AS A RESULT OF THE PROMOTIONS, CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICER MR RICHARD MEAK IN HAS BECOME THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, AND FOUR SENIOR TRANSPORT OFFICERS - MESSRS PAUL WILLIAMS, ERNEST LEE SHU-WING AND TIM RUNNACLES AND MRS DOROTHY CHAN YUEN TAK-FAI - HAVE BECOME CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICERS.

MR LEEDS SAID THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER POST BECAME VACANT IN JULY AFTER THE PREVIOUS HOLDER OF THE POSITION, MR PETER MILLER, LEFT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TO JOIN THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING A SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT), WHICH WAS ADVERTISED IN DECEMBER, 1980.

+SUGGESTIONS BY A MORNING NEWSPAPER THAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS WERE IN ANY WAY RELATED TO MR MILLER'S DEPARTURE ARE TOTALLY UNTRUE, MR LEEDS SAID.

MP FLIES OVER HONG KONG ISLAND AND THE NT

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A VISITING MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, MR PHILIP HOLLAND, TOOK A HELICOPTER TOUR OF HONG KONG ISLAND AND THE NEW TERRITORIES THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING.

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR JOHNNY JOHNSTON, WHO BRIEFED HIM ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF THE TERRITORY.

MR HOLLAND AND HIS WIFE ARRIVED IN HONG KONG LAST FRIDAY FOR A SIX-DAY VISIT.

IN THE AFTERNOON, THE COUPLE TOURED SHA TIN NEW TOWN FOR A BRIEFING BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE, AND THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR KENNETH KWOK.

FROM A VANTAGE POINT, THEY WERE SHOWN THE FUTURE TOWN CENTRE WHERE A COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, TWO CINEMAS, A CULTURAL COMPLEX AND A NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL TOWERS WILL BE BUILT, PROVIDING HOMES FOR 50 000 PEOPLE.

PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS, INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND THE SHING MUN RIVER, WHICH IS BEING CLEANED SO THAT IT CAN BE USED FOR BOATING, WERE ALSO POINTED OUT TO THEM.

MR AND MRS HOLLAND LEAVE HONG KONG TOMORROW AFTER SEEING THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, IN THE MORNING.

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