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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1984

THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS.

THE TSING Y NORTH BRIDGE IS NECESSARY TO COPE WITH THE INCREASED TRAFFIC GENERATED FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSING YI.

TOWARDS THE END OF THE DECADE, TSING YI WILL BE DEVELOPED TO ACCOMMODATE A POPULATION OF 220 000, COMPARED WITH THE PRESENT POPULATION OF ABOUT 54 000.

DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED

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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY A NUMBER OF SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

MR CHAN WA-SHEK TO SUCCEED MR TOM GARNER AS COMMISSIONER OF

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ON THE LATTER'S RETIREMENT IN

JUNE 1985. MR CHAN HAS BEEN THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES SINCE NOVEMBER 1980.

MR GARTH HYDES TO SUCCEED MR CHAN WA-SHEK AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES. MR HYDES HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES SINCE JANUARY 1980.

MR LI YUET-TING TO SUCCEED MR MICHAEL LEUNG AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION IN NOVEMBER 1984. MR LI HAS BEEN A SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SINCE FEBRUARY 1983.

MR PETER CHAN YUE-YAN TO SUCCEED MR PERCY DAVY AS DIRECTOR

OF MARINE ON THE LATTER'S RETIREMENT IN NOVEMBER 1984. MR CHAN HAS BEEN THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MARINE SINCE OCTOBER 1983.

MR DERICK HALL TO SUCCEED MR CHAN YUE-YAN AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR

OF MARINE. MR HALL HAS BEEN THE SURVEYOR GENERAL OF SHIPS SINCE FEBRUARY 1982.

MR HAROLD KWOK TO SUCCEED MR ROBERT SUN AS COMMISSIONER FOR

TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING ON THE LATTER'S RETIREMENT IN DECEMBER 1984. MR KWOK IS CURRENTLY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING.

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