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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1981
KEEP THAT KITE LOW
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*ITE-FLYERS SHOULD KEEP THEIR KITES BELOW A HEIGHT OF IXTY METRES, SAID MR ALFRED LEUNG, SENIOR OPERATIONS OFFICER OF THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING TO 150 KITE-FLYING ENTHUSIASTS GATHERED AT
A +SAFE KITE-FLYING DAY+ IN TAI AU MUN.
MR LEUNG EXPLAINED THAT UNDER THE UNITED KINGDOM'S AIR NAVIGATION (OVERSEAS TERRITORIES) ORDER, NO KITE SHOULD BE FLOWN AT OVER SIXTY METRES ABOVE THE GROUND LEVEL IN ANY PART OF THE TERRITORY.
HE CONTINUED BY SAYING THAT IT IS ALSO ILLEGAL TO FLY
A KITE WITHIN FIVE KILOMETRES OF AN AIRPORT. +FAILURE TO OBSERVE THIS RULE MAKES THE KITE-FLYER LIABLE TO A FINE OF 400 POUND STERLING (ABOUT HK $4 000) AND IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO YEARS,+ HE SA ID.
THE FORBIDDEN REGIONS IN HONG KONG COVER A FIVE-KILOMETRE RADIUS OF BOTH KAI TAK AND SHEK KONG AIRPORTS, AND INCLUDE THE KOWLOON PENINSULA. THE REGIONS EXTEND TO SUCH PLACES AS TSEND LAN SHUE, CHEUNG SHA WAN, LEI YUE MUN- THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF HONG KONG ISLAND FROM WAN CHAI TO CHAI WAN- AS WELL AS THE SHEK KONG AREA INCLUDING KAM TIN, YUEN LONG SAN HUI AND THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF TAI MO SHAN.
THE SAFE KITE-FLYING DAY+ WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT AND GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AS PART OF THE SAFE KITE-FLYING PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN EFFORTS TO WARN THE PUBLIC AGAINST FLYING KITES NEAR THE AIRPORTS.
THE DAY'S PROGRAMME INCLUDED A PRIZE PRESENTATION TO
WINNERS OF A SAFE KITE-FLYING SLOGAN WRITING COMPETITION WHICH TOOK PLACE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AMONG SCHOOLS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN KOWLOON CITY.
THE FIRST PRIZE WENT TO CHAU WING YU, A STUDENT AT THE JOCKEY CLUB GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL. THE SECOND PRIZE WAS WON BY LO WAI LAN, THE THIRD PRIZE BY WONG SIU MAN.
AN EXPERT DEMONSTRATED KITE-FLYING SKILLS AND EXPLAINED THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN. FOLLOWING THIS EACH KITE-FLYER WAS GIVEN A KITE TO FLY ON HIS OWN.
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