. Economic Development Minister Grace McCarthy has named the members — who will serve as- the board of directors for the recently announced B.C. Enterprise Corporation. Until the new corpora- tion is formalized by ‘legislation, they will serve as the board of directors for both B.C. Place Ltd. and B.C. Development . Corporation, and oversee their merger. Peter Brown, President ' of Canarim Investments, and a former member of the Expo 86 board, was appointed chairman, while the following in- dividuals were named to the board: Bill McRae, a Terrace businessman; Philip Barter, senior practice partner, Price Water- house, Vancouver; Stan- ley Kwok, an executive with B.C. Place Ltd.; Michael McGillivray, an executive with B.C. Development Corporation and a Prince George businessman; Chester Johnson, chairman of B.C. Hydro; Lucille Johnstone, president of Rivtow Straits, Van- couver; Mel Cooper, a Victoria businessman, and a former vice president of Expo 86; Keith Mitchell, a lawyer with Farris Vaughan Wills and Mur- phy of Vancouver; Herb Committee recommends demonstration of portable kiln TERRACE — One of the major obstacles to estab- lishing a secondary wood industry in Terrace is the lack of costly processing equipment for product finishing. A committee of Terrace council has re- commended that the city participate in acquiring a demonstration portable . wood-drying kiln to find out if such a unit is prac- tical for would-be manu- facturers in the region. City director Rob Greno told a recent meet- ing of the Tourism and Economic Development Committee the kiln has a set-up cost of about $100,000 and can operate on a variety of fuels. He indicated the provincial government could probab- ly be induced to defray part of the cost, and com- mittee member Ald. George Clark suggested Pacific Northern Gas might be interested in part sponsorship of the demon- stration if a gas-fired unit represents future revenue to the utility. Custom kiln-drying is a Necessary stage in the manufacturing of finished wood in order to cure it to the proper moisture con- to B.C. enterpriee Board Doman, president of succésses of the-two focus on attracting invest- resulting demand dictate ners. Doman Industries of Dun- organizations.” ment through private sec- the development andcon- ‘*We need to put ‘our can; Honorable Grace In making the merger tor partnership instead of struction of production equity in these lands to McCarthy, Minister .of announcement, McCarthy government acting as a facilities.” work for British Colum- - bians and the directors of the Enterprise Corpora- Economic Development. David Mercier; MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds, will be the government - caucus representative ‘on the new board. Detailing the calibre of the new board, the Minister said. the new Enterprise Corporation requires imagination and business expertise. “We are fortunate to be starting off with such a talented group of. in- dividuals,’’ Grace McCar- thy said. “‘Their practical business experience and ‘§ commitment to British Columbia’s. future will help ensure the Enterprise Corporation’ $ success in the coming years.’’ ' The B.C. Enterprise Corporation was created by merging the B.C. Development Corporation with B.C, Place Limited. As the Enterprise Cor- poration makes available some 12,000 acres of land owned by the two cor- porations, it provides uni- que. opportunities for large-scale development with private sector part- explained that the new corporation was created in response to a fundamental change in the way govern- ment will participate in the economic development process. 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