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Wednesday, March 4, 1998 — North Shore News — 17

BC Ferries to get efficiency audit

THE provincial government will implement all of the recommenda- tions in mediator John Fryer's final report on the BC Ferries stakeholder advisory process.

Said Deputy Premier Dan Miller, the minis- ter responsible tor BC Ferries, “Mr. Fryer’s report thoroughly addresses the tariff and stakeholder issues for BC Ferries. J have instructed my staff and the British Columbia Ferry C orporation to act on his recommenda- tions immediately.”

Fryer made four recommendations in his report:

@ the current stakeholder process should be continued, with new terms of reference nego- tiated. Regions without a formal stakeholder process need to have one established at the ear- liest possible date;

Ma second tier stakeholder group should be formally created, with representatives from all regional advisory committees and negotiated

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terms of reference; second tier srakeholder group shouki be initiated with a meeting attended by the minis- ter responsible and senior BC Ferries manage- ment, and an invitation to participate on the committee should be issued to the BC Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union; @ a value-for-money audit of BC Ferries should be conducted by an independent party. to examine the iollowing areas — efficiency of management and administration; cfficien P labor utilization; effectiveness of the service ency of sailings); and allocation of

Said Miller, “The eight regional advisory committees have an important role to play in determining the balance berween service and price and to help BC Ferries improve its effi-

u hope that the BC Ferry and Marine

* Union will jon in these talks, to

ensure a full discussion of policy issucs and to

ensure the successful implementation of changes at BC Ferries.”

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fe #50 guests attended % special piano “-eoncert at North

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Norbert Marten, owner of Heritage German Pianos,hosteda_ special event

this past Sunday evening.

julliard’s own indrek Lau and Tien-Ni Chen, well known for their musical style and impressive repertoire, delighted an audience of over 150 people with an evening of music befitting that of Carnegie Hall.

Held in Marten’s newly opened North Vancouver music centre and piano showroom, the husband and wife duo performed expertly on imported German Quality Estonia grand pianos. After the recital,

the dynamic couple received waves of applause frorn the appreciative audience now overflowing the large studio/showroom.

When you look at the velvet swags, mirrors, giant chandelier and elevated platform stages, one finds it hard

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an old mobile phone centre just three short weeks ago,

Marten calls his studio/showroom “a real community centre”, and says he has plans to host a variety of concerts in the upcoming months. He specializes in imported Estonia, hand-crafted,

grand pianos and was more than happy to host the event this past weekend in celebration of his grand opening.

Because it is entirely hand-made, each Estonia piano can take more than a year to build. Testimonials from famous jazz musicians like Dave Brubeck and Osear Peterson prove that each instrument is truly a work of art in its own right. Built especially for performance purposes, ca Estonia does not even make an upright model.

Marten encourages people to come in and view the pianos. And music lovers will not want to miss his next musical event. It is definitely something to look forward to — keep an ear open for upcoming dates and times.

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