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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2596
OF 301048Z OCTOBER 92
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
pla
4A
006532
MDLIAN 1829
Cleared with: Green
Lovett
Glass
TOP CL Q DIST?
Chamberla
JLG RESTRICTED
MIPT: LOCALISATION OF CIVIL AVIATION LEGISLATION: VISIT BY CAAC EXPERTS, 27-30 OCTOBER
1. THE QUESTION RAISED BY THE CHINESE AND OUR DRAFT REPLY ON
WHICH WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR CLEARANCE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
QUESTION: HOW ARE FLIGHT INFORMATION REGIONS AND AIR ROUTES DESIGNATED? WHICH AUTHORITIES HANDLE PROCEDURES FOR APPROVAL IN HONG KONG? WHAT CONSULTATION IS REQUIRED WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE MILITARY? WITH RESPECT TO THE FORMULATION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS ON AIR ROUTES, DOES CAD NEED TO CONSULT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND UK GOVERNMENT?
ANSWER: THE FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION IS ESTABLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION AND PUBLISHED IN THE AIR NAVIGATION PLAN FOR THE REGION (THE PLAN). FOR OUR REGION THE
PLAN IS ICAO DOC 8700 MIDDLE EAST AND SE ASIA REGION. THE PLAN IS
MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME AND DOC 8700 IS CURRENTLY IN ITS 15TH EDITION DATED 1989. THE UK, AS A MEMBER OF ICAO AND HONG KONG, ARE PART OF THE UK DELEGATION, ARE INVOLVED IN THE PREPARATION OF AS
THE PLAN.
IN HONG KONG THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE MANAGEMENT AND UTILISATION OF AIRSPACE. IT IS IN THIS
CAPACITY THAT HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN. IN PERFORMING THIS FUNCTION HE IS NOT REQUIRED TO CONSULT THE UK GOVERNMENT, OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS OR THE MILITARY.
THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, AUTHORISED BY THE GOVERNOR, MAY MAKE SUPPLEMENTARY RULES OF THE AIR AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL UNDER ARTICLE 60(6) OF AIR NAVIGATION (OVERSEAS TERRITORIES) ORDER. SUCH RULES MUST NOT BE INCONSISTENT WITH SCHEDULE 14 TO
THE ORDER.
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