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TUESDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1989

INTERFERENCE TESTING OF NEW RTHK FREQUENCIES

AND

THE EARLY HOURS FOUR SPECIAL TEST FLIGHTS WILL TAKE PLACE IN OF OCTOBER 20, 20, 27 AND 30 TO ENABLE RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG

AVIATION DEPARTMENT THE CIVIL.

ΤΟ ENSURE THAT RTHK'S NEW VHF/FM BROADCAST TRANSMISSIONS TO BE INTRODUCED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR NOT INTERFERE WITH EXISTING RADIO NAVIGATIONAL FACILITIES.

THE

NAVIGATIONAL

WILL

TRANSMISSIONS ARE MADE IN ADJACENT APPROACHING HONG FREQUENCIES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF AIRCRAFT LEAVING OR KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

TODAY

AND

ON

WERE

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED

CARRIED OUT BETWEEN 2 AM (TUESDAY) THAT THE FLIGHTS WOULD BE 5.30 AM ON OCTOBER 20, 23, 27 AND 30 WHEN THERE WERE NO BROADCASTS THE EXISTING FREQUENCIES AND

FLIGHTS PUBLIC TRANSPORT

SCHEDULED AT KAI TAK.

NO

OF

"THE FOUR TEST FLIGHTS WILL EACH INVOLVE SEVERAL FLY-PASTS

IN CERTAIN AREAS LESS THAN TWO MINUTES EACH. DURING WHICH RESIDENTS

AIRCRAFT NOISE, IN THE TERRITORY WILL EXPERIENCE VARYING DEGREES OF THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"THE AREAS AFFECTED WILL INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN TIP OF TSING

KOWLOON

MEI FOO SUN CHUEN, SHAM SHUI PO, TONG, HENG FA CHUEN, LEI KING WAN, TAIKOO STANLEY AND LAMMA ISLAND, HE SAID,

YI, TONG, KOWLOON CITY, KWUN SHING, CHAI WAN, SHEK 0,

INITIAL FLIGHT

USING TESTS,

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THESE HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE TURBINE PROPELLER AIRCRAFT, FORMED OF THE FULL ASSESSMENT WHICH LATER ON WOULD ALSO FLIGHTS BY SPECIALLY AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNITED STATES.

INSTRUMENTED

JET

ROYAL PART

INVOLVE CALIBRATION AIRCRAFT OF THE FEDERAL

TO BE CARRIED "THE LATTER ARE SCHEDULED MID-NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, AND THE PUBLIC WILL BE DULY EXACT DATE," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

OUT ONE NIGHT IN INFORMED OF THE

THE USE OF PROPELLER AIRCRAFT AVOIDS ALL FLIGHTS.

JET NOISE OCCURRING ON

CHOLERA CASE CONFIRMED

A 53-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS CONFIRMED TO BE SUFFERING FROM CHOLERA, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).

30 FAR THIS LOCAL CASES

THIS IS THE FIFTH CASE INVOLVING LOCAL RESIDENTS YEAR. OF THE FIVE CASES, THREE WERE CLASSIFIED AS THE OTHER TWO IMPORTED CASES.

WHILE

/A SPOKESMAN