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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1986

MARIA TAM APPOINTED TAC CHAIRMAN

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THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MISS MARIA TAM TO SUCCEED MR GERALD FORSGATE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC), IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).

MR FORSGATE, WHO HAS SERVED THE COMMITTEE FOR SIX YEARS, JOINED AS A MEMBER IN APRIL 1980 AND BECAME THE CHAIRMAN IN OCTOBER 1982.

HE HAS GUIDED THE COMMITTEE THROUGH FOUR BUSY YEARS, DURING WHICH THE TAC HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF SERVICE OF THE TWO MAJOR FRANCHISED BUS COMPANIES AND IN RATIONAL IS ING PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES TO MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AND THE OPENING OF THE MASS TRANSIT ISLAND LINE.

MISS TAM IS NOT NEW TO TAC. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE

APART FROM HER LEGISLATIVE COUNC IL FROM APRIL 1982 TO OCTOBER 1983. AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP, SHE IS THE CONVENOR OF THE UMELCO.

HER APPOINTMENT WILL STRENGTHEN THE LINK PUBLIC UTILITIES PANEL. BETWEEN UMELCO AND TAC.

THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO APPOINTED NINE NEW MEMBERS TO THE COMMITTEE. THEY ARE MR LIU LIT-FOR, MR RICHARD LAI SING-LUNG, MR TAI CHIN-WAH, MR JACKIE CHAN CHAI-KEUNG, MR LEUNG CHI-KEUNG, MR MAN SAI-CHEONG, DR STEPHEN TANG LUNG-WAI, MR VINCENT LO HONG-SU! AND MR FÅN SAI-YEE.

THE NEW MEMBERS REPLACE MR STEPHEN CHEONG KAM-CHUEN, MR CHAN KAM-CHUEN, MR HU FA-KUANG, MR CHAN PAK-KEUNG, MISS ANNA WU,

MR HOWARD YOUNG, MR CARL TONG, MR ALFRED TSO AND MR LIU CHING-LEUNG.

IN MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR IAN MACPHERSON, PAID TRIBUTE TO MR FORSGATE AND THE RETIRING MEMBERS.

+DURING THEIR TERM OF SERVICE, THEIR EXPERIENCE AND WISE ADVICE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO BEAR ON A WIDE RANGE OF TRANSPORT ISSUES WHICH ARE OFTEN COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT. SERVICE HAS BEEN DEEPLY APPRECIATED,+ HE SAID.

THEIR VALUABLE

ON THE NEW APPOINTMENTS, HE SAID, THEY REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF A WIDE SPECTRUM OF THE COMMUNITY AND WILL, I AM SURE, BRING THEIR PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND CONTACTS WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE.+

MR RICHARD LAI, A BUSINESSMAN, IS AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND A MEMBER OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD. HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, THE ECONOMIC REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE TEXTILE ADVISORY BOARD.

/MR TAI