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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 15, 1932.
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69. For the purpose of paragraphs 66 to 68 :
(a) The expression an "uninhabited region" means a region where, in conse- quence of the sparsity of the population, and of the absence of natural land- marks or of the insufficiency of the maps, the difficulties of navigation are similar to those met with over the high seas.
(b) The expression "night" means the period commencing one hour after sunset
and terminating one hour before sunrise.
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(c) The expression a flight over the high seas means a flight in the course of which an aircraft finds itself over the sea at a distance of more than 65 miles from the nearest point of the coast.
SECTION XIII.
LICENSING OF PERSONNEL.
General.
70. With reference to Article 4 (1) (iii) of the Order and Schedule V thereto, appli- cations for the grant or validation of licences under that Schedule should be made to the Director of Air Services by whom particulars of the requirements for obtaining a licence and application forms will be supplied on demand.
71. Licences remain valid for the following periods :-
(a) Pilot's licence to fly aircraft carrying passengers or goods for hire or reward. or being flown for any industrial purpose: not more than six months where the holder is of the male sex, and not more than three months where the holder is of the female sex.
(b) Any other pilot's licence: not more than twelve months.
(c) Licence to navigate aircraft: not more than six months where the holder is of the male sex, and not more than three months where the holder is of the female sex.
MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS.
Private Pilot's Licence.
72. A person applying for the grant of a pilot's licence to fly aircraft other than aircraft carrying passengers or goods for hire or reward or being flown for any industrial purpose (i.e., a Private Pilot's Licence, as referred to in paragraph 86) will be required to undergo a medical examination by a Government medical officer, at the Government Civil Hospital, or at the Victoria Hospital, or at the Kowloon Hospital, or by a Medical Practitioner approved by the Governor for the purpose, or if such person is a member of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, by a duly appointed medical officer of the
corps.
73. This medical examination will be based upon the following requirements of mental and physical fitness :--
(a) Good family and personal history, with particular reference to nervous. stability, as to which information shall be given in a statement made and signed by the applicant and satisfactory to the medical examiner.
(b) The applicant must not be under seventeen years of age.
(c) General Surgical Examination.-The applicant must neither suffer from any wound or injury, nor have undergone any operation, nor possess any abnor- mality, congenital or acquired, which might interfere with the safe handling of aircraft under ordinary conditions.
Palpation of the abdomen and abdominal viscera, particularly the pyloric, vesicular, duodenal and appendicular regions, whenever it reveals any swelling or distinct pain, must be completed by a radioscopic and radio- graphic examination.
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