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FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1982
DCA TO ATTEND UK/JAPAN AIR SERVICES TALKS
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THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, MR B.D. KEEP WILL REPRESENT HONG KONG IN THE UK/JAPAN AIR SERVICES TALKS TO BE HELD IN TOKYO LATER THIS MONTH. ALSO ATTENDING THE NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE MR N. LATHAM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AIR SERVICES,
THE TALKS, THE SECOND IN THE SERIES, WILL BE HELD FOR FOUR DAYS FROM TUESDAY (JANUARY 26).
DISCUSSIONS WILL CENTRE ON NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR BRITISH AIRWAYS' ON TRUNK SERVICES AND RIGHTS FOR BOTH CATHAY PACIFIC AND LAKER AIRWAYS TO OPERATE A TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE FROM HONG KONG VIA TOKYO.
CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS PLANS TO OPERATE A B-747 SERVICE THREE TIMES WEEKLY ON THE ROUTE HONG KONG-TOKYO-VANCOUVER-SEATTLE- TOKYO-HONG KONG AND LAKER A DAILY DC-10 SERVICE ON THE ROUTE HONG KONG-TOKYO-HONOLULU-SAN FRANCISCO-LOS ANGELES.
SUBJECT TO GRANTING OF THE RIGHTS, CPA COULD START A TRANS- PACIFIC SERVICE IN ABOUT AUGUST.
BEFORE ATTENDING THE AIR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS, MR KEEP WILL ATTEND THE AIRPORT OPERATORS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING IN LONG BOAT KEY, FLORIDA.
HE WILL ALSO VISIT TWO MAJOR AIRPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES IN CONNECTION WITH PLANNING A REPLACEMENT AIRPORT FOR HONG KONG. ONE IS ATLANTA AIRPORT WHERE A NEW PASSENGER TERMINAL WAS RECENTLY OPENED AND THE OTHER IS TAMPA AIRPORT WHERE THE TERMINAL HAS A VERY ADVANCED PEOPLE-MOVER SYSTEM.
EARLY ROCK CARVINGS DECLARED AS MONUMENT
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL PRESERVE THE ROCK CARVINGS ON CHEUNG CHAU WHICH ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY EARLY PRE-HISTORIC INHABITANTS OF HONG KONG.
THE CARVINGS ARE LOCATED PARTLY ON PRIVATE LAND ON VERTICAL ROCK SURFACES OVERLOOKING TUNG WAN, THEY ARE GAZETTED AS A MONUMENT UNDER THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS ORDINANCE TODAY.
ROCK CARVINGS ARE REGARDED AS AN EXPRESSION OF EARLY MAN'S MYSTICAL AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. THOSE ON CHEUNG CHAU SHOW GEOMETRIC PATTERNS WITH SOME ANIMAL FORMS AND COULD HAVE BEEN MADE FOR RITUALISTIC PURPOSES, PROBABLY DURING HONG KONG'S BRONZE AGE ABOUT 2 500 YEARS AGO.
THEY ARE ALSO FOUND ELSEWHERE IN HONG KONG AND THOSE ON PO TOI, KAU SAI CHAU, TUNG LUNG ISLAND AND AT BIG WAVE BAY (HONG KONG ISLAND), AND SHEK PIK (LANTAU) HAVE ALREADY BEEN DECLARED MONUMENTS.
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