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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1980
THEY ARE MR SHUM CHOI-SANG, MRS MAXINE KWOK, MRS LEE LO YUK-SIM, MR ALFRED C.Y. AU-YEUNG, MR MARVIN K.T. CHEUNG, MRS MABEL CHOW, MR KAN MING-YA, MR LEUNG SIK-WAH AND MR WONG KONG-HA.
IN ADDITION, FIVE NEW MEMBERS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE COUNCIL FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. THEY ARE MR SELWYN MAR, MR NG KAI-KONG, MR TANG KWAI-NANG, MR KENNETH TING AND MRS TONG CHOW YEUK-FUN.
THESE APPOINTMENTS AND RE-APPOINTMENTS WILL BE FORMALLY GAZETTED ON APRIL 18, 1980.
HK REPRESENTED AT AIR TALKS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CANADA
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MR NORMAN LATHAM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, LEFT HONG KONG THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING TO REPRESENT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AT AIR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS TO BE HELD IN LONDON NEXT WEEK BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND CANADIAN AERONAUTICAL AUTHORITIES.
THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE TALKS WILL BE TO SECURE TRAFFIC RIGHTS TO ENABLE A UK DESIGNATED AIRLINE TO OPERATE A COMPETITIVE SERVICE TO CANADIAN PACIFIC AIRLINES ON THE TRANS-PACIFIC ROUTE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND VANCOUVER. CANADIAN PACIFIC HAVE ENJOYED SOLE RIGHTS ON THE ROUTE SINCE 1949 AND CURRENTLY OPERATE A THREE TIMES WEEKLY B747 SERVICE VIA TOKYO.
CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS AND LAKER AIRWAYS HAVE BOTH MADE APPLICATIONS TO THE HONG KONG AIR TRANSPORT LICENSING AUTHORITY (ATLA) FOR A LICENCE TO OPERATE TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES CALLING AT VANCOUVER AS WELL AS USA POINTS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE ATLA WILL CONSIDER THESE APPLICATIONS FOR LICENCES IN MAY OR JUNE. LAKER AIRWAYS BUT NOT CPA, WOULD ALSO NEED A LICENCE FROM THE UK CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY TO FLY FROM HONG KONG TO VANCOUVER,
AFTER A ROUTE BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT, IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE ATLA TO EXERCISE ITS DISCRETION TO GRANT OR TO REFUSE A LICENCE TO THE APPLICANTS AND FOR THE UK GOVERNMENT TO DESIGNATE THE AIRLINE OR AIRLINES TO WHOM A LICENCE IS SO GRANTED.
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