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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1984

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KCRC REAPPOINTMENTS

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MR H.M.G. FORSGATE HAS BEEN REAPPOINTED CHAIRMAN, AND

MR CHAN KAM-CHUEN AND MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION.

THE RE-APPOINTMENTS, ANNOUNCED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE, ARE

FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS FROM DECEMBER 24.

THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION ARE, MR J.A. RICHARDSON, MR DAVID LI, MR ALFRED TSO SHIU-WAI, THE SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT AND THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE CORPORATION.

GROUPS PAY TRIBUTE TO DENIS BRAY

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THIRTY-THREE ORGANISATIONS FROM VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY PAID TRIBUTE TODAY TO THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY, WHO WILL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR,

THIS EVENING, A DINNER WAS HELD IN HIS HONOUR BY KAI FONG ASSOCIATIONS, RELIGIOUS GROUPS, CLANSMAN ASSOCIATIONS, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

SPEAKING AT THE RECEPTION, MR BRAY PRAISED THE PEOPLE FOR THE IR CONTRIBUTIONS IN DEVELOPING HONG KONG INTO A LEADING TRADING, MANUFACTURING AND FINANCIAL CENTRE.

+THE PROUD RECORDS OF OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE TERRITORY ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE DYNAMIC DRIVE OF ITS PEOPLE AND THE IR DETERMINATION. I AM DELIGHTED THAT MANY OF THEM ARE PRESENT HERE TONIGHT. I DEEM IT AS AN HONOUR TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH YOU.

+ I AM SURE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE TO DISPLAY THE SAME SPIRIT TO MAKE GREATER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG, SO THAT THE +PEARL OF THE ORIENT+ WILL BE SHINING FOREVER. TO WHICH I AM WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE WHATEVER I CAN WITH YOU,+ MR BRAY SAID.

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