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SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1981
AIRPORT OPERATORS AND PLANNERS IN THE REGION HAVE ALSO BEEN SENDING REPRESENTATIVES HERE TO MAKE ON-THE-SPOT STUDIES OF THE OPERATION OF HONG KONG AIRPORT WITH A VIEW TO BRINGING HOME PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE TO ENHANCE THE EFFICIENCY OF THEIR OWN AIRPORTS.
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TWO SUCH DELEGATIONS WILL BE COMING TO HONG KONG LATER THIS
ARRIVING ON APRIL 22 WILL BE A THAI DELEGATION COMPRISING THREE SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REPRESENTING THE AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF THAILAND. IN ADDITION TO TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THE AIRPORT FACILITIES, IN AND OUT OF THE PASSENGER TERMINAL THEY WILL ALSO STUDY THE AIRPORT'S FLIGHT PROCEDURES, CHARGES COLLECTION, PUBLIC INFORMATION SERVICES, FLIGHT INFORMATION FACILITIES AND THE DAY TO DAY OPERATION OF THE TERMINAL BUILDING,
ANOTHER PARTY, COMPRISING TWO MANAGEMENT STAFF OF THE KOREAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, WILL ARRIVE ON APRIL 23. THE IR PURPOSE HERE IS TO OBSERVE THE OPERATION OF THE AIRPORT AND TO E CHANGE VIEWS ON CIVIL AVIATION MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST AS WELL AS TO FOSTER A GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AVIATION AUTHOR ITIES IN THE TWO PLACES.
EARLIER, THE AIRPORT MANAGEMENT RECEIVED A MALAYSIAN DELEGATION CONSISTING OF HIGH OFFICIALS FROM BAHTIAR BUYONG AIRPORT AND A GROUP OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OFFICIALS FROM BANGKOK.
HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS CURRENTLY HANDLING OVER 19 000 PASSENGERS, ABOUT 720 TONNES OF AIR CARGO AND OVER 140 FLIGHTS A DAY, WHICH MAKE IT ONE OF THE BUSIEST AIRPORTS IN THE REGION.
LAND GRANT FOR $18 M. MULTI-SERVICE COMMUNITY CENTRE
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS GRANTED A 2 600-SQUARE METRE SITE IN HO MAN TIN, KOWLOON, TO THE LUTHERAN CHURCH-HONG KONG SYNOD FOR BUILDING AN $18 MILLION MULTI-SERVICE COMMUNITY CENTRE.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN PLANNED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, AND ON COMPLETION, WILL PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED SERVICES FOR THE YOUNG, THE ELDERLY AND THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING OFFICIALLY OPENED A GRAND BAZAAR AND FUN FAIR ORGANISED BY THE SYNOD IN A TAI HANG TUNG SCHOOL TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT.
ADDRESSING THE GATHERING, MR ALLEYNE PAID TRIBUTE TO MEMBERS OF THE SYNOD FOR THEIR UNTIRING EFFORTS IN PROMOTING WELFARE SERVICES AND, IN PARTICULAR, FOR THEIR COMMUNITY CENTRE PROJECT.
THE PIECE OF CROWN LAND, AT THE JUNCTION OF CHUNG HAU STREET AND SHEPHERD STREET, WAS GRANTED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.
THE COMMUNITY CENTRE WILL SERVE AS A FOCAL POINT FOR GROUP AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF HO MAN TIN.
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