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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 22, 1937.
"Passenger aerodromes.
Use of Royal Air
Force aero- dromes or aerodromes under the control of the Secre- tary of State for
Air or the Governor.
(4) This Article applies to aerodromes which are
(a) licensed by the Governor for public use; or
(b) open to public use by British aircraft on payment of charges;
but does not apply to Royal Air Force aerodromes or aero- dromes under the control of the Secretary of State for Air or the Governor.
8A. (1) An aircraft when carrying passengers for hire. or reward shall not use as a place of landing or departure any place in the Colony other than
(a) an aerodrome licensed for use by such an aircraft;or
(b) a Royal Air Force aerodrome or an aerodrome under the control of the Secretary of State for Air or the Governor, which has been authorised by the Secretary of State for Air or the Governor, as the case may be, to be used as such a place.
Provided that this prohibition shall not apply :----
(i) to a landing due to accident, stress of weather or other unavoidable cause or to the next subsequent departure from the place in which the landing due to any such cause has been made, or
(ii) to a landing or departure made by an aircraft which has been hired or chartered by or on behalf of the passengers carried therein if the landing or departure is made in accord- ance with the requirements of the hirer or charterer of the aircraft and if no passengers other than those by whom or on whose behalf the aircraft was hired or chartered are accepted for carriage for hire or reward at the place of such landing or departure.
(2) No person being the proprietor of an aerodrome other than an aerodrome mentioned in paragraph (1) of this Article, shall permit his aerodrome to be used by an aircraft in contravention of that paragraph.
SB. Any directions issued by the Secretary of State for Air or the Governor as to the use of Royal Air Force aero- dromes or aerodromes under the control of the Secretary of State for Air or the Governor the use of which has been authorised by the Secretary of State for Air or the Governor, as the case may be, shall be complied with."
5. Article 10 of the principal Order shall be amended as follows, that is to say:
(a) In paragraph (2) thereof the following sub-paragraph shall be substituted for sub-paragraph (c) :-
"(c) be flown in such manner or in such circumstances as, by reason of low altitude or proximity to persons or dwellings or to other aircraft, or for any other reason, to cause unnecessary danger to any person or property on land or water or in the air."
(b) after paragraph (3) thereof the following paragraph shall be inserted :—