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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1982

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KCR OPERATION DIRECTOR APPOINTED

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THE TRANSITIONAL BOARD OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION ANNOUNCED TODAY (SUNDAY) THE APPOINTMENT OF MR GORDON GRAHAM AS OPERATION DIRECTOR (DESIGNATE).

MR GRAHAM WAS BORN AND EDUCATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HAS SPENT THE WHOLE OF HIS CAREER WITH BRITISH RAIL. HE WAS CHIEF OPERATING MANAGER OF THE SOUTHERN REGION OF BRITISH RAIL FROM MAY 1977 TO JUNE 1979 AND SINCE THEN HAS BEEN CHIEF OPERATING MANAGER OF THE EASTERN REGION,

+MR GRAHAM'S LONG EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF URBAN AND SUBURBAN RAILWAYS INVOLVING BOTH PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAFFIC, COUPLED WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE MARKETING OF RAILWAY SERVICES, WILL BE MOST VALUABLE TO THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, + A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSITIONAL BOARD SAID.

MR GRAHAM IS THE FELLOW OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE

OF TRANSPORT. HE IS MARRIED WITH NO CHILDREN. HE WILL TAKE UP HIS POST AT THE END OF NOVEMBER.

FIFTH HONG KONG BAND FESTIVAL

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THE FIFTH HONG KONG YOUTH BAND FESTIVAL, WHICH ATTRACTED A RECORD NUMBER OF 30 YOUTH BANDS, WAS OPENED THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON WITH A BAND CONCERT AT THE KOWLOON PARK IN TSIM SHA TSUI.

SIX RENOWNED MUSICIANS FROM AUSTRALIA ARE ALSO TAKING PART IN THE FESTIVAL. ONE OF THEM IS SIMONE DE HAAN, A LECTURER OF TROMBONE AT THE CANBERRA SCHOOL OF MUSIC, AUSTRALIA. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE 1982 HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP HELD IN JULY/AUGUST THIS YEAR, AND DURING HIS STAY IN HONG KONG, HIS TEACHING TECHNIQUE AND HIGH STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE HAD EARNED HIM RESPECT FROM MANY YOUNG MUSICIANS IN HONG KONG.

MR DE HAAN WILL BE THE PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR WHILE THE OTHER FIVE WIND SOLOISTS, MESSRS. VERNON HILL (FLUTE), LAURENCE FRANKEL (OBOE), DONALD WESTLAKE (CLARINET), RICHARD MCINTYRE (BASSOON) AND HECTOR MCDONALD (HORN) FROM THE CANBERRA SCHOOL OF MUSIC, AUSTRALIA, WILL BE THE GUEST INSTRUCTORS/PERFORMERS DURING THE FESTIVAL.

THE SECOND MAJOR EVENT OF THE FESTIVAL IS THE FESTIVAL CONCERT TO BE HELD AT 8 PM ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 9) AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL. THIS WILL BE A DEMONSTRATION CONCERT BY THE FIVE WIND SOLOISTS OF THE CANBERRA SCHOOL OF MUSIC. THE AUDIENCE WILL FIND IT BOTH ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL. IN ADDITION, OUTSTANDING PLAYERS FROM THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND WILL ALSO PERFORM.

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