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SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1982

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DDCA ATTENDS AVIATION CONFERENCES

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FRJ.T. THORPE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, HAS LEFT FOR SAN FRANCISCO TO ATTEND THE 1982 IAT (INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTATION) CONFERENCE AND THE AOCI (AIRPORT OPERATORS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL) TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING.

THE THREE-DAY IAT CONFERENCE, OPENING ON MONDAY (MAY 24) WILL DEAL WITH TOPICS COVERING AIRLINE OPERATIONS AND ECONOMICS, AIRPORT FACILITIES MODERNISATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, AND AIRCRAFT NOISE MEASUREMENT, CONTROL AND ABATEMENT PROCEDURES,

IT WILL PROVIDE A USEFUL CHANNEL FOR HEADS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE AIRLINES, AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS, AIRPORTS, GOVERNMENTAL AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO DISCUSS SUBJECTS OF BOTH INDUSTRY-WIDE AND SPECIFIC TECHNICAL INTEREST.

THE AOCI TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL FOCUS ITS DISCUSSIONS ON TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF AIRPORT OPERATION, FACILITATION, DESIGN AND PLANNING.

THERE WILL ALSO BE BRIEFING SESSIONS AND A TOUR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR THE PARTICIPANTS.

TREE PLANTING BY TSUEN WAN STUDENTS

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ABOUT 150 STUDENTS FROM 12 SCHOOLS IN TSUEN WAN TODAY (SATURDAY) TOOK PART IN A TREE-PLANTING EXERCISE AT THE POPULAR LIDO BEACH.

THE EXERCISE WAS PART OF THE DISTRICT-W'DE CAMPAIGN ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND COINCIDED WITH THE MEI FA (BEAUTIFICATION) PHASE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.

IN TODAY'S EXERCISE, MORE THAN 200 EVERGREENS WERE PLANTED AT LIDO BEACH BY THE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, MR HO TZE-PING, TOLD THE GATHERING THAT THE TREES WOULD ADD COLOUR TO THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE AREA.

HE SAID MORE THAN 20 000 TREES, SHRUBS, CLIMBERS AND CREEPERS WOULD BE PLANTED AT VARIOUS BEACHES, SCHOOL COMPOUND, PLAYGROUNDS AND AMENITY PLOTS IN TSUEN WAN DURING THE CURRENT PLANTING SEASON.

MR HO URGED TSUEN WAN ESIDENTS TO GIVE THEIR WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPORT TO HELP MAKE THE BEAUTIFICATION SCHEME A SUCCESS.

ALSO TAKING PART IN TODAY'S EXERCISE WERE THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (SOUTH REGION) OF NA TERRITORIES SE-VICES ME TANG PANG- YEN T-E URBAN SERVICES OFFE - "SLEN ).

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