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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1982

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AVIATION CHIEF OFF FOR TALKS

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THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, MR B.D. KEEP, LEFT TODAY FOR THE UNITED STATES TO ATTEND TWO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES FOR AVIATION CHIEFS AND TO VISIT THE TECHNICAL CENTRE OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.

MR KEEP WILL ATTEND THE 35TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AIRPORT OPERATORS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL OPENING IN PHILADELPHIA ON SUNDAY.

THE FIVE-DAY CONFERENCE WILL DEAL WITH A WIDE-RANGE OF AVIATION MATTERS, INCLUDING AIRPORT PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, OPERATIONS, ECONOMICS AND MARKETING.

AFTER THE MEETING, MR KEEP WILL PROCEED TO ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY FOR THE 27TH ANNUAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE OPENING ON OCTOBER 17.

HE WILL END HIS TRIP WITH A TOUR OF THE TECHNICAL CENTRE OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, TO SEE ITS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PROJECTS.

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR J.T. THORPE, WILL BE ACTING AS DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION.

JUSTICE OF APPEAL APPOINTED

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MR JUSTICE FUAD, JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, WILL TAKE UP HIS APPOINTMENT AS JUSTICE OF APPEAL ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 11).

APPROVAL HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE QUEEN FOR HIM TO FILL THE VACANCY WHICH AROSE UPON THE RETIREMENT OF MR JUSTICE ZIMMERN.

MR JUSTICE FUAD WAS BORN IN CYPRUS IN 1926. HE WAS EDUCATED AT MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE AND AT ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE AND WAS CALLED TO THE ENGLISH BAR IN 1952,

IN 1953 HE WAS APPOINTED MAGISTRATE IN CYPRUS WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1956 WHEN HE BECAME A MAGISTRATE IN UGANDA AND WHERE HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPOINTED AS JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT IN 1963.

IN 1972 HE BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE LEGAL DIVISION OF THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL HIS APPOINTMENT AS JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT IN HONG KONG IN 1980.