MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1993
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CIVIL AVIATION VITAL TO HONG KONG SUCCESS * * * * *
CIVIL AVIATION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART IN MAKING HONG KONG SUCH A DYNAMIC AND THRIVING CITY, THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, MR PETER LOK, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
ADDRESSING A WORKING GROUP MEETING ON CONTINUING AIRWORTHINESS ORGANISED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION, HE SAID THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NOW RANKED FOURTH IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER THROUGHPUT AND THIRD IN TERMS OF CARGO THROUGHPUT.
"FROM THE LATEST FIGURES AVAILABLE, OUR AIRPORT HAD A PASSENGER THROUGHPUT OF SOME 2.3 MILLION AND A CARGO THROUGHPUT EXCEEDING A MILLION TONNES OVER A 12-MONTH PERIOD.
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"THIS IS NOT SURPRISING CONSIDERING THAT DOORSTEP OF THE HUGE AND RAPIDLY EXPANDING MARKET THAT CHINA IS.
"OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR MAJOR MONEY EARNERS, IS PARTICULARLY DEPENDENT ON AIR TRANSPORTATION, WITH MORE THAN 5.5 MILLION TOURISTS ARRIVING BY AIR OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS, HE SAID.
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POINTING OUT THAT THERE IS A GENERAL MISCONCEPTION THAT THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT ONLY MANAGES THE AIRPORT AND PROVIDES AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, AND NOTHING ELSE, MR LOK SAID HIS DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING FLIGHT SAFETY, AIRWORTHINESS STANDARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AIR SERVICE BILATERALISM.
HE TOLD THE MEETING THAT 51 AIRLINES, INCLUDING HONG KONG'S OWN THREE AIRLINES, OPERATED MORE THAN 125,000 FLIGHTS INTO AND OUT OF HONG KONG OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS. AND THE THREE HONG KONG AIRLINES OPERATED A TOTAL OF 61 MOSTLY LARGE, WIDE-BODIED AIRCRAFT.
THE WORKING GROUP MEETING, BEING HELD IN HONG KONG BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 28 AND OCTOBER 1. IS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 20 CIVIL AVIATION EXPERTS FROM NINE COUNTRIES.
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MOON MOVEMENT DURING MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL
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THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THE TIMES OF MOONRISE, TRANSIT AND MOONSET DURING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVE PERIOD:
WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 29)
MOONRISE
TRANSIT (MERIDIAN PASSAGE)
DIRECTION DUE SOUTH ELEVATION 70 DEGREES
MOONSET
5.09 PM 11.20 PM
5.35 AM (NEXT MORNING)
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