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Sqn. Ldr. Sharp stated that the RAF's main concern in general terms was not so much the location of individual routes but the superimposition of a Control Zone over a wide area thereby inhibiting the freedom

to carry out their normal routine operations, in particular -

i)

Helicopter Operations in support of the Army in border area from ground level up to approximately 500 AGL; these operations would be increasingly inhibited towards the western end of the porder area.

ii) With a Control Zone overhead and to the west of Shek Kong, there

may be safety implications for routine helicopter operations, particularly for the approach routes to Shek Kong from the west and south west at night or in bad weather conditions, requiring minimum heiguts above obstacles.

iii) with regard to the RAF's plans for fixed wing operations, these

were contingency plans for internal security situations and therefore were essentially 'one-off' emergency cases which would

not pose any problem.

7. Grp. Capt. Hives expressed his doubts about the future of civilian

fixed wing operations at Shek Kong in particular these by ab-initio pilots. It was agreed that ab-initio flights would be precluded from Shek Kong with a Control one overhead and a eparture route to the west; Mr Oliver said that such flights could not operate from the airport either.

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