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SIDDAY, MARCH 9, 1075
OMPREHENSIVE STATISTICS ARE BEING COMPILED ON BIRDSTRIKE
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*CORDING TO THE LATEST FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CIVIL AVIATION DER ENT, 22 COLLISIONS BETWEEN BIRDS AND AIRCRAFT WERE REPORTED IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF KAI TAK IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. IN TWO OF DE CASES, THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED HAD TO UNDERGO REPAIR. DURING THE · CHE PERIOD EIGHT FLIGHTS WERE DELAYED BY CONCENTRATIONS OF BIRDS AROUND THE RUNWAY.
MOREOVER, 86 DEAD BINDS WERE PICKED UP FROM THE RUNWAY AND EXAMINED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT DURING 1974.
WHILE THE STUDY IS UNDERWAY, SEVERAL SHORT-TERM MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN TO CONTROL BIRD NUMBERS AT THE AIRPORT. THESE INCLUDE A SPECIAL BIRD PATROL SUPPLIED BY THE AIRPORT FIRE SERVICE WHOSE AIM IS TO DISCOURAGE BIRDS FROM FREQUENTING THE RUNWAY. WHEN DIRDS ARE SIGHTED ON OR NEAR THE RUNWAY THE DIRD PATROL ATTEMPTS TO SCARE THEM AWAY USING A SHORTGUN.
DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS THE BIRD PATROL HAS TAKEN ACTION TO FRIGHTEN BIRDS AWAY ON 79 OCCASIONS.
A NUMBER OF GULLS FREQUENT THE METAL BOOM WHICH STANDS AT THE SOUTH-EAST END OF THE RUNWAY PROMONTORY. MR. MELVILLE HAS PROPOSED THAT WIRES BE PLACED ALONG THE TOP OF THE BOOM TO PREVENT THE DINDS FROM LANDING.
AFTER ONLY ONE YEAR OF THE STUDY, MR. MELVILLE WAS RELUCTANT TO DISCUSS LONG-TERM MEASURES SINCE BİAD NUMBERS AND DEHAVIOUR PATTERNS CAN CHANGE CONSIDERABLY FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT DUE TO FACTORS SUCH AS CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS,
TENDERS CALLED FOR OI MAN ESTATE SHOPS
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE TENANCIES FOR SEVEN SHOP PREMISES AT 01 MAN ESTATE.
THESE SHOP SPACES, LOCATED NEAR THE MARKET AREA, WILL BE THE LAST AVAILABLE AT THE ESTATE APART FROM THOSE AT ITS COMMERCIAL COMPLEX.
'THE RENT OF TWO SHOPS AT CHUNG MAN HOUSE EACH MEASURING 1,227 SQ.FT., INCLUSIVE OF AN ATTACHED DOMESTIC UNIT OF 357 SQ.FT HAS BEEN FIXED AT $3,400 PER MONTH.
THE RENT FOR THE OTHER FIVE SHOPS AT HONG MAN HOUSE EACH WITH A FLOOR AREA OF 617 SQ.FT. AND AN ATTACHED DOMESTIC UNIT OF 591 SQ.FT. HAS BEEN SET AT $2,950 PER MONTH.
ALL SHOPS HAVE BEEN FIXED FOR DESIGNATED TRADES. INCLUDING RICE AND GROCERY, DRUGS AND COSMETICS AND HOUSEHOLD UTENSILS.
TENDERERS MUST STATE THE AMOUNT OF PREMIUM THEY ARE PREPARED TO OFFER FOR A THREE-YEAR TENANCY OF THE SHOPS.
CLOSING OF TENDERS WILL BE AT NOON ON THE 21ST OF THIS MONTH.
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