MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1984
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DURING PEAK TIMES, SOME 20 AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS AN HOUR MAKE USE OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICES PROVIDED THERE.
E ILLIE AND ADA WILL WORK AS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSISTANTS, PROVIDING INFORMATION SERVICES TO PLANES FLYING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+THESE PLANES ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT TO THE SHEK KONG SECTOR OPERATOR EVERY 15 MINUTES. IF THEY BECOME OVERDUE FOR 30 MINUTES, THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSISTANT WILL ALERT THE UNITS CONCERNED TO START SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS, + MR RAZACK EXPLAINED.
WITH THE THREE WOMEN VOLUNTEERS, THE RHKAAF NOW HAS 12 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL STAFF.
+WE ARE ALSO FINALISING ARRANGEMENTS FOR A FOURTH FEMALE MEMBER TO JOIN THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SECTION, HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT MORE WOMEN VOLUNTEERS WOULD BE RECRUITED IN FUTURE TO WORK IN ADMINISTRATION AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS.
PHASE 3 OF MAYFAIR GARDENS CALLED OFF
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THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHASE 3 OF THE MAYFAIR GARDENS HOUSING COMPLEX ON TSING YI SHOULD NOT GO AHEAD IN VIEW OF ITS PROXIMITY TO OIL STORAGE INSTALLATIONS ON THE ISLAND.
THE DECISION FOLLOWS RECOMMENDATIONS BY A WORKING GROUP FORMED LAST JUNE UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TO CONSIDER WHAT COMBINATION OF MEASURES COULD BE TAKEN TO REDUCE THE RISK FACTOR AT MAYFAIR GARDENS, WHICH CONSULTANTS HAD ASSESSED AS BEING ON THE BORDERLINE OF ACCEPTABILITY.
FOR THE REMAINDER OF TSING YI, THE CONSULTANTS CONCLUDED THAT RISK LEVELS WERE COMPARABLE TO THOSE WHICH WERE ACCEPTED IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS WORLDWIDE.
THEY ALSO CONCLUDED THAT THERE WERE NO PUBLIC SAFETY REASON 5 FOR HALTING THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE ISLAND,
AFTER CONSIDERING THE WORK ING GROUP'S FINDINGS, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AGREED THAT THE PHASE 3 DEVELOPMENT OF MAYFAIR GARDENS, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSEST TO THE MOBIL OIL STORAGE
INSTALLATION, SHOULD NOT PROCEED.
A GOVERNMENT