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SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1981
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AVIATION CHIEF TO ATTEND CATC MEETING
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MR B.D. KEEP, DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, WILL ATTEND THE 11TH MEETING OF THE COMMONWEALTH AIR TRANSPORT COUNCIL TO BE HELD IN NAIROBI FROM AUGUST 24 TO 28, 1981, ON BEHALF OF HONG KONG.
MR KEEP WILL PRESENT A PAPER AT THE MEETING ON THE PROGRESS TOWARDS A REPLACEMENT AIRPORT FOR HONG KONG SINCE 1972.
OTHER PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED BY DELEGATES FROM THE U.K. CANADA, AUSTRALIA, KENYA AND BRUNEI WILL DEAL WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES, AVIATION SECURITY, AIRWORTHINESS, NAVIGATION AIDS AND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES, AND AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS.
THE MEETING PROVIDES A USEFUL MEANS FOR DELEGATES TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON AVIATION MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTERESTS.
AFTER THE MEETING, MR KEEP WILL ATTEND U.K./KOREA AIR SERVICES TALKS IN THE U.K. AND THEN GO ON LEAVE UNTIL EARLY OCTOBER. DURING THIS PERIOD, MR J.T. THORPE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, WILL ACT AS DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION.
MEANWHILE, MR R.A. SIEGEL, AIRPORT GENERAL MANAGER, WILL LEAVE FOR EUROPE AND THE U.K. TOMORROW (MONDAY) TO VISIT SOME MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS THERE. HE WILL SEE HOW THESE BUSY AIRPORTS ARE MANAGED AND OPERATED.
MR SIEGEL WILL THEN GO ON LEAVE UNTIL LATE SEPTEMBER, MR W.C. HUTCHINGS, ASSISTANT AIRPORT GENERAL MANAGER (OPERATIONS) WILL ACT AS AIRPORT GENERAL MANAGER IN HIS ABSENCE.
HILL ROAD FLYOVER OPENS TUESDAY
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THE $42-MILLION HILL ROAD FLYOVER LINKING POKFULAM ROAD AND CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST WILL BE OPENED TO ONE WAY DOWNHILL TRAFFIC FROM 10 AM ON TUESDAY (AUGUST 18).
THE NEW FLYOVER WILL PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FOR POKFULAM ROAD TRAFFIC HEADING FOR WESTERN OR CENTRAL DISTRICTS.
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE PUT UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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