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TRANSPORTATION

Hongkong Takes Another Step Into Jet Age

All checked. Stand by to start engine!" THE crious-looking young Chinese angineer completed

the check-off list and took a last look around at the array of flashing lights and dials in the control room. There was a loud Satisfied, he firmly pressed a button. whing which faded. A pauso several adjustments Tho wore made, then he pressed the button again. mounted Rolls Royco Dart turbo-jet engine in the cell below roared into life,"

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Thus, boforo a small soloctod group of newsmen, guests and personnel connected with the project, Hong- kang yesterday advanced another big step into the jet age.

However, It was the fictal opening

att impresalve and Hongkong Alreraft Engineering) the most expensive single, Bem Company's $1.5 million test-bed, of culponent in the cell is the which will enable the Colony tund-suppression gear.

Internation! The Two "walls" at each end fet and service

irlines turbo-jet and piston of the long hanger-like building engined aircraft,

jare actually open vertical stats 11 equipment, put up by allowing air to Has freely since

technicians Ingkong

and turbo-jet and let rugates 11:5 but almost designed by Britain's forchret, require

the blanketing aeronautical engineering Arms,mpletely

the test cell is the finest of his type in the gine's tour in

Standing outside the building at a disture of ten yards the only sound that can be heard is a jow him

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TRADE

COMMERCE

THE CHINA MAIL,

THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1958.

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HONGKONG

The New York Stock Market

New York, May 7,

Stock market gains of the past five sessions were

shaded by realising today, dropping prices below the highs for the year set earlier this week.

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