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TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1984

FOUR DB MEMBERS APPOINTED TO TAC

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THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED FOUR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TO THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS FROM ADI 1, 1984.

THEY ARE. MR CARL TONG KA-WING, ELECTED MEMBER OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD DR CONRAD LAM KUI-SHING, ELECTED MEMBER OF WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD MR ALFRED TSO SHIU-WAI, ELECTED MEMBER OF TUEN MU.. STRICT BOARD AND MR LIU CHING-LEUNG, APPOINTED MEMBER OF NORTH DISTRICT BOARD.

THE NEW MEMBERS REPLACE MRS GRACE HO AND MR STEPHEN WONG YUEN-CHEUNG WHO WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE TAC AFTER MORE THAN 10 YEARS' SERVICE.

THEY ALSO FILL TWO EXISTING VACANCIES ON THE COMMITTEE BROUGHT ABOUT FIRST BY THE RESIGNATION OF MISS MARIA TAM AFTER HER APPOINTMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AND SECOND BY THE LAPSE OF THE POST OF CONTROLLER OF RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT, WHO WAS APPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEE IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROCESS OF THE MODERNISATION OF THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAM.

AT YESTERDAY'S TAC MEETING, THE CHAIRMAN, MR GERALD FORSGATE, PAID TRIBUTE TO THE RETIRING MEMBERS, MRS HO AND MR WONG.

+ IN THE COURSE OF MORE THAN A DECADE, THE IR EXPERIENCE AND WISE ADVICE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO BEAR ON A WIDE RANGE OF TRANSPORT ISSUES WHICH ARE OFTEN COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT. THEIR VALUABLE SERVICE HAS BEEN DEEPLY APPRECIATED, HE SAID.

ON THE NEW APPOINTMENTS, HE SAID, THEY ARE ALL MEMBERS OF DISTRICT BOARDS AND WILL, I AM SURE, BRING MOST USEFUL KNOWLEDGE FROM THEIR CONTACTS WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE.+

MR TONG, A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE MID-LEVELS (CENTRAL) AREA COMMITTEE SINCE 1982. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION STAFF AND TRAINING SUB-COMMITTEE.

A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER, DR LAM IS THE HONORARY MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF OUR LADY OF MARYKNOLL HOSPITAL. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICE JOINT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE.

MR TSO IS AN ESTATE SURVEYOR. HE IS A COUNCILLOR OF HEUNG YEE KUK REPRESENTING TUEN MUN, A DIRECTOR OF YAN OI TONG COMMUNITY AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE. THE NATIONAL SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE HK JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN 1982 AND THE PRESIDENT OF YUEN LONG JAYCEES IN 1981.

MR LIU, A MERCHANT IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN NEW TERRITORIES COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF SHEUNG SHUI RURAL COMMITTEE, A MEMBER OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG NEW TERRITORIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERIES BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.

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