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THURSDAY, DET
17, 1981
OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE CHANGING ROOMS WITH SHOWERS, TOILETS, A STORE ROOM FOR ATHLETICS EQUIPMENT, AND AN OFFICE.
SPECIAL CHANGING FACILITIES AND TOILETS FOR THE DISABLED ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE SPORTS GROUND TO FURTHER EXPAND IT INTO A MULTI-PURPOSE RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS CENTRE WILL SOON START.
IT WILL INCLUDE CONCRETE SPECTATOR STANDS, BASKETBALL AND 'MINI-SOCCER PITCHES AND A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AT AN ADJACENT SITE.
HONG KONG'S FIRST WOMAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OFFICER
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MISS PAULINE LEE PO-LIN, 22, TODAY (THURSDAY) BECAME HONG KONG'S FIRST WOMAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OFFICER ON RECEIVING HER AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER'S LICENCE ENDORSED WITH THE AREA CONTROL RATING FROM MR B.D. KEEP, DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION,
MISS LEE RECENTLY QUALIFIED FOR THE RATING ON PASSING EXAMINATIONS SET BY THE AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT.
IN PRESENTING THE DOCUMENT TO HER, MR KEEP SAID THAT PASSING THE EXAMINATIONS WAS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE DEPARTMENT'S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAMME.
HE NOTED THAT THIS PROGRAMME HAD STARTED IN 1964 AND THE FIRST STUDENT WAS NOW A SENIOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OFFICER WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
+SINCE THAT TIME, A TOTAL OF 67 LICENCES HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO GRADUATES OF THE TRAINING SCHEME BUT ALL OF THEM HAD BEEN MALES UP TO THIS TIME, + MR KEEP SAID.
HE CONGRATULATED MISS LEE AND HANDED HER THE DOCUMENT FOR WHICH SHE HAD WORKED HARD.
THE AREA CONTROL POSITION IS THE FIRST OF FOUR BASIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL POSITIONS FOR ENSURING SAFE AND EXPEDITIOUS FLOW OF AIR TRAFFIC IN HONG KONG'S FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION AND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY EXTENDING SOME 600 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH-SOUTH AND 330 NAUTICAL MILES EAST-WEST.
MISS LEE JOINED THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT AS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSISTANT IN OCTOBER, 1978.