TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1982
HE SAID: IN ADDITION TO THE ANTICIPATED REGULAR INCREASE IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL EVACUATION FLIGHTS, FIRE-FIGHTING AND OTHER CALLOUTS, A NUMBER OF NEW PROJECTS ARE ALREADY ARISING.
+THERE WILL BE A THRICE-WEEKLY EARLY MORNING HELICOPTER SURVEY OF THE HARBOUR AND ADJACENT WATERS IN SUPPORT OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN WHERE SURFACE VESSELS WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE AREAS OF ACCUMULATED FLOATING DEBRIS TO COLLECT IT BEFORE TIDAL AND OTHER EFFECTS RESULT IN ITS DISPERSAL.+
IN ADDITION TO THE THRICE-WEEKLY FIXED-WING WEATHER DATA COLLECTION FLIGHTS AROUND LANTAU IN CONNECTION WITH THE REPLACEMENT AIRPORT STUDY, A REGULAR PROGRAMME OF FIXED-WING FLIGHTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN A SPECIALLY-INSTRUMENTED AIRCRAFT TO LOCATE AND IDENTIFY SOURCES OF RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE AFFECTING THE AIRPORT NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.
+ALSO, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, +HELICOPTERS WILL BE PROVIDED TO TRANSPORT BUILDING MATERIALS AND PERSONNEL TO A NUMBER OF ISOLATED HILLTOPS WHERE A NUMBER OF NEW TRANSMITTER SITES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.+
THE REGULAR DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES COVERING AERIAL SURVEY AND THE PROVISION OF A GENERAL SCHEDULE OF TERRITORY WIDE VIP AND ROUTINE COMMUNICATION FLIGHTS WILL CONTINUE.
IN VIEW OF THE INCREASING USE OF VOLUNTEER AIRCREW TO PROVIDE THIS WIDE SPECTRUM OF FLYING SERVICES, MANY OF WHICH ARE NOW PROVIDED OUTSIDE NORMAL WORKING HOURS, THE RHKAAF WILL BE SEEKING TO RECRUIT MORE VOLUNTEER PILOTS AND CREWMEN IN 1982.
+ANY HONG KONG RESIDENT WHO FEELS HE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF SPECIALIST AND CHALLENGING CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY IN HIS SPARE TIME IS INVITED TO COME FORWARD AND OFFER HIS SERVICE TO THE RHKAAF, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
NEW ROAD, SALT WATER PUMPING STATION FOR TUEN MUN
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A NEW ROAD WILL BE BUILT ACROSS THE NULLAH IN THE CENTRAL PART OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
THE ROAD, WHICH FORMS PART OF THE NEW TOWN NETWORK, WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO ON TING, YAU O AND BUTTERFLY ESTATES AND CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT ONE KILOMETRE OF TWO-WAY SINGLE CARRIAGEWAY ROAD TOGETHER WITH
A 100-METRE LONG THREE-SPAN 271DGE ACROSS THE NULLAH, A PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY AT THE EASTERN END OF THE RIDGE AND A COMBINED PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST SUBWAY AT THE OTHER END,
/CONSTRUCTION WILL
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