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Russell John Black, 59, has been the Project Director of the Company since 1992. He is responsible for the planning and implementation of all major railway extension and projects upgrade, including the Airport Railway project, the Quarry Bay Congestion Relief Works, the Tseung Kwan O Extension project, the Disneyland Resort Line and the Tung Chung Cable Car. He is also responsible for undertaking feasibility studies into possible new extensions to the railway, including the South Island Line and the West Island Line and providing project management expertise to railway projects in mainland of China. Mr. Black initially worked for the Company from 1976 to 1984 and, prior to rejoining the Company in 1992, he was the project director of London Underground's Jubilee Line Extension project from 1990 to 1992 and, before that, he worked on Singapore's underground railway and on the Eastern Harbour Crossing. Mr. Black also served on the Vocational Training Council from 1998 to 2002 and the Construction Advisory Board from 1993 to 1999. He currently serves on the Provisional Construction Industry Coordination Board. Mr. Black holds an honours degree in civil engineering from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences, the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the Institution of Professional Engineers, New Zealand. He was awarded the Public Service medal (PBM) in Singapore in 1986 and the Bronze Bauhinia Star medal in 1999. | 