FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1982
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NEW HELICOPTER LANDING PAD ON WAGLAN ISLAND
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THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HELICOPTER LANDING PAD ON WAGLAN ISLAND.
IT REPLACES THE ONE LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE JETTY WHICH IS CONSIDERED UNSAFE DUE TO SEVERE AIR TURBULENCE FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED IN THE VICINITY.
THE NEW LANDING PAD IS SITUATED CONSIDERABLY CLOSER TO MARINE DEPARTMENT INSTALLATIONS WHICH HOUSE MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT AND QUARTERS FOR STAFF ASSOCIATED WITH THE RUNNING OF WAGLAN LIGHTHOUSE.
A MARINE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE NEW LANDING PAD WILL ENHANCE PROMPT EVACUATION OF INJURED OR SERIOUSLY ILL LIGHTHOUSE STAFF AND WILL AFFORD A POSITION WHEREBY BACK-UP MAINTENANCE STAFF CAN BE LANDED ON THE ISLAND WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS PRECLUDE THE USE OF MARINE TRANSPORT.
AUSTRALIANS ARRIVE FOR MUSIC CAMP
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NINE YOUNG MUSICIANS FROM THE QUEENSLAND CONSERVATOR IUM OF MUSIC IN AUSTRALIA WILL TAKE PART IN THE 1982 HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.
THEY WILL PARTICIPATE AS MEMBERS OF THE CAMP'S CHINESE ORCHESTRA PLAYING STRINGED INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS ER-HU, DI-ZI, SHENG AND YANG CHIN.
THE GROUP, LED BY DR DALE A. CRAIG, WAS MET ON ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG LAST NIGHT BY THE ACTING DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR CLIVE OXLEY.
THE QUEENSLAND CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC IS A SPECIALIST MUSIC INSTITUTION DEDICATED TO THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.
IT OFFERS TERTIARY EDUCATION IN VOCAL, INSTRUMENTAL, COMPOSITION AND MUSIC EDUCATION TO 300 FULL-TIME AND 400 ̊ PART-TIME STUDENTS.
THEY ARE AMONG THE 300 YOUNG MUSICIANS PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR'S MUSIC CAMP TO BE HELD AT ST STEPHEN'S COLLEGE, STANLEY. OTHER OVERSEAS PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE JAPANESE AND SOUTH KOREANS.
THE CAMP WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED ON SUNDAY (JULY 25) BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE.
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