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(e)

As for department head positions filled by consultancy staff, the key personnel nominated by the consultant have to be reviewed and approved by the Chairman of the KCRC.

For the four KCRC staff members referred to in (a) above, three were transferred internally from other KCRC divisions and the remaining one was recruited externally.

As the project progresses. manpower requirement will increase and more staff will have to be recruited. The criterion for recruitment is, as stated earlier, to get the right person for the job. Under this criterion, experience in MTR and the airport railway projects will certainly be a factor to be considered in the recruitment exercise.

The Corporation have considered the question of possible conflict of interest in the appointment of consultant staff to the key positions on the team and concluded that no such conflict would arise since the consultant companies which participate on the KCRC team are precluded by the Corporation from tendering for technical studies, detailed design or subsequent construction of the Western Corridor Railway; and

Since submitting the Full Proposal, KCRC have been constantly reviewing the work and therefore the size of the West Rail project team. As the main focus of work over the next few months would be confined largely to the supervision of technical studies which are urgently needed to firm up the railway alignment and establish the land requirements, KCRC are now in the process of reducing the size of the team of consultants.