SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1982
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FIRST CONTROL-LINE MODEL AIRCRAFT SHOW
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A TEAM OF CONTROL-LINE MODEL AIRCRAFT PILOTS FROM GUANGDONG, CHINA, WILL VISIT HONG KONG AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR HIGH TECHNIQUE IN TWO SHOWS DURING THE WEEKEND.
THE 11-MEMBER VISITING TEAM WILL PILOT THEIR SOPHISTICATED CONTROL-LINE MODELS AND PERFORM STUNTS, COMBAT, SPEED FLYING, PATTERN FLYING, TEAM RACING AND ACROBATICS.
THE FIRST SHOW WILL BE HELD AT FANLING SPORTSGROUND ON SATURDAY (FEBRUARY 27) AND THE OTHER SHOW AT TUEN MUN TANG SHIU KIN SPORTSGROUND ON SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 28) STARTING 2.30 PM.
THE EVENT, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG MODELLERS CLUB AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IS AIMED AT PROMOTING POPULAR ACTIVITIES AT PUBLIC SPORTSGROUNDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
APART FROM THE CONTROL-LINE MODEL, LOCAL ENTHUSIASTS WILL ALSO DEMONSTRATE THEIR TECHNIQUE IN RADIO-CONTROLLING BUGGIES AND HELICOPTERS TO HIGHLIGHT THE EVENT. AT THE END OF THE SHOW, THERE WILL BE COMPETITIONS FOR THE BEST MODELS IN SEPARATE EVENTS.
RADIO-CONTROLLED MODEL ENTHUSIASTS CAN BRING ALONG THEIR HOME MADE MODELS OR ANY KIND OF MODELS WHILE ATTENDING THE SHOWS TO EARN VALUABLE SOUVENIR CUPS.
ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED BY A PANEL OF ADJUDICATORS COMPRISING THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG, AND THE CHAIRMEN OF LOCAL RURAL COMMITTEES.
THE CHAIRMAN OF HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT, HAS AGREED TO DONATE THREE CUPS TO THE WINNERS WHILE THE OTHERS WILL BE PRESENTED BY NTSD.
NOTE TO EDITORS
A PRESS CONFERENCE TO INTRODUCE THE MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE TEAM WILL BE HELD AT THE GRAND RESTAURANT, KOWLOON RAILWAY STATION, HUNG HOM, AT 3.30 PM ON FEBRUARY 25 (THURSDAY).
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE EVENT.
AN INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE NTSD WILL BE PRESENT TO ASSIST THE PRESS.
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