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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1982

CHIEF SECRETARY VISITS JUBILEE CENTRE

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED THE JUBILEE CENTRE FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN SHAM SHUI PO.

THE CENTRE IS MANAGED BY CARITAS - HONG KONG, A VOLUNTARY AGENCY APPOINTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES. SIR PHILIP WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CARITAS' REFUGEE CO-ORDINATING OFFICE, MISS DOROTHY LEE, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR LEWIS DAVIES AND THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON.

SIR PHILIP WAS SHOWN AROUND THE CENTRE BY MISS LEE AND THE CENTRE MANAGER, MR P.F. CHENG. HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE WORK CURRENTLY BEING UNDERTAKEN BY CARITAS TO IMPROVE THE JUBILEE BUILDINGS AND TO PROVIDE MORE FACILITIES FOR THE 2 000 REFUGEES NOW ACCOMMODATED THERE.

THE JUBILEE CENTRE WAS OPENED IN JUNE THIS YEAR,

FOLLOWING THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE UNHCR, THAT THE SIZE OF THE KAI TAK NORTH TRANSIT CENTRE SHOULD BE REDUCED AND A SECOND OPEN CENTRE FOR REFUGEES ESTABLISHED.

KCR APPOINTMENT

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THE TRANSITIONAL BOARD OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION ANNOUNCED TODAY (SEPTEMBER 1) THE APPOINTMENT OF MR JAMES B. MANSON AS ENGINEERING DIRECTOR (DESIGNATE).

MR MANSON WAS FORMERLY CHIEF CIVIL ENGINEER OF THE SOUTHERN REGION OF BRITISH RAILWAYS. HE JOINED THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY IN 1979 AS ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER (TECHNICAL) AND HAS HELD THAT POSITION SINCE, WITH RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CO-ORDINATING THE ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF THE MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KCR.

+MR MANSON'S APPOINTMENT WILL ENSURE CONTINUITY OF THE OVERALL TECHNICAL DIRECTION WITHIN THE KCR, THROUGH TO THE COMPLETION OF THE PRESENT EXPANSION PROJECT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSITIONAL BOARD EXPLAINED.

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