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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1993

YEARS

"I AM GLAD TO SAY THAT MUCH HAS BEEN DONE IN THE LAST 17 BY THE GOVERNMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MANY ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG TO PRESERVE OUR HERITAGE, MR SO SAID.

UNEARTHED

DURING

KE NOTED THAT OF THE HUGE VOLUME OF RELICS THESE YEARS, MANY DATED AS FAR BACK AS 6,000 YEARS AGO.

PRESERVATION

AND

WHICH MANAGE ΤΟ DESTRUCTION OF THE

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"A GREAT DEAL TOO HAS ALSO BEEN DONE IN THE MONUMENTS BUILDINGS AND RESTORATION OF HISTORIC

TIME AND

THE WITHSTAND THE TEST OF BULLDOZER, MR SO SAID.

ESCAPE

SUPPORT

HE ALSO APPEALED TO THE COMMUNITY TO SHOW CONCERN AND FOR HERITAGE PRESERVATION AND TO "APPRECIATE, ENJOY AND LEARN FROM THE RELICS OF OUR PAST."

"THIS

IS

THE

ESTABLISHING PRIME PURPOSE IN HERITAGE TRAIL, MR SO SAID.

THE PING SHAN

ANGEL FROM THE SKY

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AIR CREWMAN ELTON TANG DOES NOT PROMISE HIS PASSENGERS TOPNOTCH

ARE WINES

SERVED. IN-FLIGHT SERVICE. NO SAVOURY CUISINE AND FINE NEITHER ARE MUSIC AND FILM ENTERTAINMENT OFFERED.

YET HE ALWAYS EARNS HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FROM THOSE TRAVELLED WITH HIM.

WHO HAVE

THE REASON IS SIMPLE

T

ELTON HAS SNATCHED THEM FROM THE JAWS OF

DEATH.

SERVICE,

FOUR

HE

AS ONE OF THE 25 AIR CREWMEN OF THE GOVERNMENT FLYING HAS ACCOMPLISHED NUMEROUS LIFE-SAVING MISSIONS OVER THE PAST YEARS.

TERRAIN IN THE HE HAS FLOWN TO THE MOST REMOTE AND RUGGED TERRITORY TO AIRLIFT CASUALTIES. HE HAS ALSO PLUCKED SHIPWRECK VICTIMS FROM ROARING SEAS.

ONE OF HIS MOST BREATHTAKING FLIGHTS TOOK PLACE IN SUMMER YEAR. A GROUP OF HIKERS WERE TRAPPED IN THE HILLS BETWEEN TUNG AND SHA LO WAN ON LANTAU AT DUSK.

"WE

LAST CHUNG

WHEN

HAD SPENT QUITE SOME TIME SCOURING THROUGH THE AREA.

AND NIGHT WAS WE FINALLY LOCATED THE GROUP, FUEL WAS RUNNING LOW FALLING, THE 32-YEAR-OLD CREWMAN RECALLED.

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HELICOPTER

WINCHED DOWN PARALYSED,

THERE WERE ONLY FIVE MORE MINUTES TO GO BEFORE THE HAD ΤΟ DEPART THE AREA BECAUSE OF LOW FUEL. ELTON WAS INTO THE BUSH, ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT ONE OF THE HIKERS WAS PROBABLY HAVING SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES TO HIS SPINE.

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