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THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1982

RHKAAF PILOT ACHIEVES 2 000 FLYING HOURS

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LIEUTENANT DICKY YIP HAS BECOME THE THIRD PILOT WHO HAS ACHIEVED :00 HOURS FLYING WITH THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE, SOMETIMES UNDER DAUNTING CIRCUMSTANCES.

+THAT TOTAL WOULD NOT BE SIGNIFICANT IN A CIVIL AIRLINE, BUT FOR A PART-TIME VOLUNTEER ROTARY WING PILOT, IT REPRESENTS A KONDERFUL EFFORT OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, WING COMMANDER OF THE --KAAF, R.G. PENLINGTON, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING. HE WAS

PEAKING AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE VOLUNTEER OFFICERS MESS, PEACONSFIELD HOUSE, TO CONGRATULATE FLT. LT. YIP ON HIS FEAT.

FLT. LT. YIP'S 2 000 HOURS WERE MOSTLY IN HELICOPTER FLYING. THE OTHER TWO PILOTS WHO HAD ACHIEVED THE SAME TOTAL WERE WING COMMANDER RON SMITH AND SQUADRON LEADER DANNY CHEUNG.

MR PENLINGTON NOTED THAT OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, MR YIP HAD CARRIED OUT MORE THAN 100 CASUALTY EVACUATIONS, ALMOST ALL OF THEM AT NIGHT AND OFTEN IN DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.

+TO BE A VOLUNTEER MEMBER OF THE FLYING SQUADRON OF THE RHKAAF REQUIRES A LOT OF LEISURE TIME WHICH COULD OTHERWISE BE SPENT WITH HIS FAMILY.

+ IT ALSO, ON OCCASIONS, MEANS THAT THE EMPLOYER'S TIME IS ALSO REQUIRED, HE EXPLAINED.

KWUN TONG CHILDREN'S CHORUS

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THE KWUN TONG CHILDREN'S CHORUS WILL EMBARK ON AN EIGHT-DAY CONCERT TOUR IN THE PHILIPPINES FROM JULY 15 TO JULY 22, 1982. TOUR IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG CHILDREN'S CHORUS, THE ROTARY CLUB OF STA MESA (PHILIPPINES) AND THE ROTARY CLUB OF KWUN TONG AND SUPPORTED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD.

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THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (KWUN TONG), MR DAVID TSUI AND CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (KWUN TONG), MR PETER PANG WILL ALSO JOIN THE TOUR TO GIVE IT MORAL SUPPORT.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD BY THE KWUN TONG CHILDREN'S CHORUS IN THE JADE-LOTUS ROOM, 6/F OF THE HONG KONG HOTEL ON FRIDAY (JULY 9) AT 5 PM.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CONFERENCE.