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TransLink: Two new directors named
A soldier from a little known war
Business executives fill vacant seats
On Nov. 11, we honour the veterans of past and present wars – even the secret ones
by Jeff Nagel AREA MAYORS have appointed two
by Boaz Joseph
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rained to be virtually silent and nearly invisible in the shadows of the deep Borneo jungle, Gurkha soldiers were slightly amused – or bemused – by a young, fairskinned soldier from Sussex, England lurking with them in search of the enemy. Even with his face caked in camouflage make-up, Bob Dominick’s steel-blue eyes stood out against the myriad green hues of the tangled, rain-soaked vegetation. Keep your eyes shut, they whispered to him, only half in jest. Stealth, silence and the senses were keys to survival in this environment. Dominick was at war, a particularly dirty one that the British government – still smarting from the Suez Crisis in a new post-colonial world – was keen to keep from the public eye, y even though in Borneo, the “good guys” eventuallyy won. From 1964-68, Dominick was a member of the Combined British Commonwealth o Force of special forces operatives during a conflict between Communist insurgents, backed by Indonesia, and the newly in independent Malaysia (formerly Malaya), backed by the U.K. ba It w was a war of three long phases that lasted from shortly after the Second World War into the early 1970s. His first tour of duty lasted for two years, far longer than soldiers are sent into the field nowadays. After a six-month furlough in the U.K., he returned for another 18 months. See MEDALS / Page 7
BOAZ JOSEPH / THE LEADER
Bob Dominick spent the better part of four years fighting a war that most Westerners have never heard of. The Surrey resident fought alongside Commonwealth troops against a Communist insurgency in Malaysia during the 1960s.
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new directors to the board of TransLink. Rick Christiaanse is a telecommunications industry executive and consultant who previously worked for Sport BC and with the 2010 Olympics. Marcella Szel is a former vicepresident of CP Rail who also serves on the Port Metro Vancouver board and is past chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. A third director, Howard Nemtin, was re-appointed to a second threeyear term. He has a background in real estate development consulting and is a commercial mediator. A third of the nine seats on the board come up for renewal or replacement each year. TransLink directors collect more than $50,000 a year – a base stipend of $25,000 per year plus additional amounts for chairing committees and $1,200 for every meeting they attend. Although the region’s mayors council has final say on board appointees, they pick from a small short list of applicants vetted by a panel that mainly represents business groups. The board controls all TransLink spending and meets behind closed doors. Mayors only get a vote when the board seeks higher taxes or fares for supplemental spending. The mayors council is pressing the province to reform the governance structure to give them more say in how TransLink is run and in setting spending priorities.
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