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FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1994

NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION APPOINTMENTS

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OF

GOVERNMENT

THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MR ANDREW LI KWOK-NANG CHAIRMAN LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LDC) FOR TWO YEARS, SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE

MR

AND

POLYTECHNIC

LI, THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMITTEE, IS A BARRISTER AND AN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER.

WITH AN EXCELLENT RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE, HE IS SEEN IDEAL CANDIDATE TO LEAD THE LDC.

AS

AN

LANDS, MR TONY KWOK-LIM, DEDICATED

THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND EASON, HAS WRITTEN TO THE OUTGOING CHAIRMAN, MR STEVEN POON EXPRESSING THE GOVERNMENT'S GRATITUDE FOR HIS ENERGETIC AND SERVICE TO THE LDC OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

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THE GOVERNOR HAS REAPPOINTED MR SIMON KWAN SIN-MING, MR AMBROSE PING-WING, HON-CHUEN, MR LAU WAH-SUM, MR LEUNG CHUN-YING, MR PAO MR DAVID WONG SHOU-YEH AND MR J C SHAW TO THE BOARD FOR A FURTHER YEARS IN A MOVE SEEN AS PROVIDING CONTINUITY IN THE BOARD.

TWO

THE DIRECTORS OF PLANNING AND LANDS AND THE REGIONAL SECRETARY, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, ARE ALSO REAPPOINTED.

OF

TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THEY ARE THE DIRECTOR THE SAINT JAMES' SETTLEMENT, MR MICHAEL LAI KAM-CHRUNG, AND A RUILDING SURVEYOR, MR DAVID LEE TSUNG-HEI.

MR LAI'S APPOINTMENT WILL BRING TO THE LDC VALUABLE IN CONSIDERING THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF ITS WORK.

EXPERIENCE

ALREADY

HE HAS

WORKED WITH THE LDC IN SETTING ATTENTION HOMES

THE ELDERLY IN TWO LDC PROJECTS FOR FAMILIAR WITH THE OPERATIONS OF THE CORPORATION.

UP CARE

IS AND

AND THUS

MR

LER,

A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PROJECT A SURVEYOR WITH CONSIDERABLE SOCIETY, IS EXPERIENCE WILL ALSO BE OF VALUE TO THE LDC IN ITS PROJECTS.

OF THE HOUSING EXPERIENCE. HIS DELIBERATIONS ON

MORE STRINGENT CONTROL ON BUILDER'S LIFT BEING CONSIDERED * * * * *

NEED TO CONTROL IN DOMESTIC AND

THE GOVERNMENT IS ACTIVELY CONSIDERING THE BUILDER'S LIFTS IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER LIFTS COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, SINCE BOTH OF THEM CARRY PASSENGERS.

BLAKE, SAFETY THIS

THIS WAS REVEALED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES

AND EQUIPMENT WHEN

A SEMINAR ON PLANT ADDRESSED (FRIDAY) MORNING.

HE

HE SAID THE

MATTER WAS

BEING

DEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP CHAIRED BY HIM.

CONSIDERED

BY AN

INTER-

/FOR CRANES