COMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING
air transport service licences. Customs and Immigration facilities are available from dawn to dusk and at other times if required. Operations at the airport are normally restricted to daylight hours owing to the geographical and constructional limitations of the airfield.
The report of the Ministry of Civil Aviation on the observations by the team of experts who visited the airport in 1951, was studied by Government early in 1952, and it was decided to invite a constructional engineering firm to make a preliminary survey of the proposed developments. This firm submitted a report in August, 1952, and has now been instructed to carry out a detailed survey and prepare estimates and recommendations for developments along the lines proposed in the Ministry of Civil Aviation's scheme.
Thirteen airlines operated through Hong Kong during the year and there were many charter operations of other airlines from all parts of the world.
Hong Kong Airways continues to operate three flights a week to Formosa which connect with associated airlines to the United States; Cathay Pacific Airways operate services to Bangkok, Saigon, Singapore, Manila and airports in North Borneo. B.O.A.C. operate five services a week to the United Kingdom via Bangkok, and two services to the United Kingdom via Singapore. Other international Air operators carrying traffic to and from Hong Kong are Pan American World Airways, Canadian Pacific Air Lines, Qantas Empire Airways (Australia), Braathens S.A.F.E. Airtransport (Norway), Air France, Philippine Air Lines, Thai Airways and Civil Air Transport (based in Formosa). Survey flights were made by Trans-World Airways and Bharat Airways.
145