LORD STOKES 1914 – 2008
Published at 11.08.2008 in Obituary
Lord Stokes, former chief of British Leyland Motor Corporation, died on July 21, 2008, aged 94. Donald Gresham Stokes was the son of the Transport Manager of the Plymouth City Transport undertaking, in those days one of the clients of Leyland. By the age of 11 he knew that he wanted to work for Leyland Motors.
CHANGE TO CLEAN TRANSPORT AS RESULT OF THE BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES
The municipality of Beijing took more than 200 measures to improve air quality in the past ten years. UN Environment Program (UNEP) has been working with the Beijing Olympic Committee for the last three years in order to help make the Summer Games environmentally-friendly.
FREE HYBRID SHUTTLE AT TOKYO HANEDA AIRPORT
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