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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1991

NEW DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES NAMED

YEAR,

(TUESDAY) THAT MR K.T. K'O, THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES, WILL RETIRE ON SEPTEMBER 16 THIS AND MR SIU CHUEN WILL SUCCEED HIM AS DIRECTOR.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THESE OFFICERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

MR KUO KETSING, TATY

AGED 59, MR KUO JOINED

THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE ENGINEER IN 1958. HE WAS PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEER IN 1985 AND TO DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES IN APRIL 1991.

WILL HAVE COMPLETED 33 YEARS OF

ON HIS RETIREMENT, MR KUO SERVICE WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

MẸ SAU CHUEN

THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS AN AGED 57, MR SIU JOINED

ENGINEER APPRENTICE ENGINEER IN 1959. HE WAS PROMOTED TO GOVERNMENT IN 1982 AND TO PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEER IN 1987. MR SIU HAS BEEN THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES SINCE SEPTEMBER 1990.

SPECULATIVE REPORTS ON KMB INTERIM RESULTS UNFOUNDED

İNTERIM COMMENTING ON CERTAIN MEDIA REPORTS SPECULATING ON THE

(KMB), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN RESULTS OF KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY

COMMITTEE SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY

OF KNOWLEDGE

THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION (TAC) DID NOT HAVE ADVANCE REFERRED TO IN THESE MEDIA REPORTS.

"WHILST THE TAC CAN ASK FOR WHATEVER INFORMATION THAT IS DEEMED

HEALTH FINANCIAL

TRANSPORT OF A PUBLIC NECESSARY FOR GAUGING THE

OF THE APPROPRIATENESS

FARE INCREASE COMPANY OR FOR DETERMINING

BEING GIVEN TAC APPLICATIONS,

IS THERE

NO QUESTION OF COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE INFORMATION WITHOUT THE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEVANT COMPANY, LET ALONE INFORMATION WHICH IS YET TO BE BY THE MANAGING BOARD OF THE COMPANY AS IN THIS CASE.

THE

CONSIDERED

ABOUT THE

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"ANY SUGGESTION THAT THE TAC MAY

RESULTS INTERIM SPECULATION UNFOUNDED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

BREN HAVE

OF THE

INVOLVED

KMB

IS

IN THE TOTALLY

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