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SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1991

"1 ENJOYED THE FEELING OF FLYING IN THE AIR VERY MUCH. WHEN

THE FALLING TO

HEIGHT OF 300 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND THE SPEED ACCELERATED AND IT SEEMED THAT EVERYTHING WAS OUT OF CONTROL."

IT TOOK ONLY ONE AND A HALF MINUTES TO COMPLETE A JUMP FROM THE HEIGHT OF 2,000 FEET,

"IT WOULD BE A LIE IF I SAID THAT I WAS NOT NERVOUS JUMP. BUT I WAS WELL PREPARED TO OVERCOME THE FEAR.

ABOUT THE

"I ALSO CARRIED A RESERVE PARACHUTE, WHICH I COULD OPEN IF ONE AT THE BACK DID NOT WORK.

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"EVERYBODY HAS HIS TIME. WHEN THE TIME COMES, YOU MAY DIE

NOT SER A GREAT DANGER THOUGH YOU SIT AT HOME. THEREFORE I DO PARACHUTING, SHE ADDED.

THE

EVEN IN

SUPERINTENDENT NORRIE

GALBRAITH, POLICE DIVISION COMMANDER, TUEN MUN, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENCOURAGING HER INTEREST IN PARACHUTING.

AND HAS HE IS A LIGHT AIRCRAFT PILOT

LATELY BEEN WORKING ON HIS PILOT INSTRUCTION COURSE.

"MANY PEOPLE DO NOT REALISE THAT THEY CAN TAKE UP PARACHUTING, MR GALBRAITH SAID.

"THEY EITHER THINK IT IS TOO DANGEROUS MEMBERS IN THE SERVICES CAN HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

OR

RELIEVE THAT ONLY

"IN FACT, THERE ARE ABOUT EIGHT LADIES WHO HONG KONG AVIATION CLUB TO JUMP.

REGULARLY COME ΤΟ

THE

THAT

YOU

PARACHUTING IS A SPORT WHICH GIVES YOU A LOT OF FREEDOM. MOST DIFFICULT PART OF TAKING IT UP IS TO CONVINCE YOURSELF CAN JUMP, HE ADDED.

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