THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1993
CONSEQUENT ON THE NEW PRACTICE, CAAC HAS PROPOSED TO AMEND THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTRES OF HONG KONG AND GUANGZHOU REGARDING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CO-ORDINATION PROCEDURES.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE ABOUT 600 FLIGHTS A WEEK SERVING BETWEEN HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND AIRPORTS IN CHINA, REPRESENTING ABOUT ONE-QUARTER OF HONG KONG'S WEEKLY FLIGHT MOVEMENTS.
AIR TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND EUROPEAN AIRPORTS AND BETWEEN HONG KONG AND OTHER AIRPORTS SUCH AS THOSE LOCATED IN MIDDLE EAST, INDIA AND KOREA WHICH REQUIRE PASSAGE THROUGH THE CHINESE AIRSPACE TOTAL ABOUT 250 FLIGHTS A WEEK.
KONG ABOUT 110
IN ADDITION, FLIGHTS OVERFLYING BOTH THE CHINESE AND HONG AIRSPACE WITHOUT LANDING AT EITHER TERRITORY AVERAGE MOVEMENTS A WEEK.
THE MOVEMENTS OF AIR TRAFFIC BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA WILL BENEFIT SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THIS FIRST PHASE IN THE ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS DURING A TIME WHEN HONG KONG IS EXPERIENCING A RAPID GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS INCLUDING THE PHENOMENAL GROWTH IN TRAFFIC BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA.
THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, MR PETER LOK KUNG-NAM, AND THE AIR TRAFFIC GENERAL MANAGER, MR ALBERT LAM KWONG-YU. ATTENDED A BRIEFING IN BEIJING ON THE NEW FLIGHT LEVEL ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM BETWEEN MAY 18 AND 20 THIS YEAR.
ALSO ATTENDING THE BRIEFING WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM JAPAN, KAZAKSTAN, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, MONGOLIA, MYANMAR, PAKISTAN, RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND VIETNAM.
DURING THE VISIT, MR LAM AND THE REPRESENTATIVE OF GUANGZHOU AIR CONTROL CENTRE, MR WANG LYIA, CONCLUDED THE REQUIRED AMENDMENTS TO THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HONG KONG AND GUANGZHOU AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTRES.
MEASURES TO CUT DRIVING TEST WAITING TIME * * * * *
THE WAITING TIMES FOR DRIVING TESTS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS A RESULT OF AN ACCELERATED PROGRAMME TO RESCHEDULE TEST APPOINTMENTS AND CONDUCTING MORE TESTS AT WEEKENDS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) SAID THE MEASURE, INTRODUCED IN MARCH THIS YEAR, WAS AIMED AT REDUCING WAITING TIMES OF DRIVING TESTS FOR ARTICULATED VEHICLES, BUS AND HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES.
"IF NECESSARY, DRIVING TESTS WILL BE SCHEDULED TO BE ON SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS OR EVEN PUBLIC HOLIDAYS SO AS TO CUT WAITING TIME,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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