Government Flying Service

Letters to the Editor, April 19, 2013

19 Apr 2013

In recent months we have heard a lot of discussion on the election of the chief executive by universal suffrage that was long on principles, ideals and passion but short on concrete details.

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Chemical spill aboard container ship in Hong Kong waters

17 Dec 2012

More than 100 emergency worker responded to a chemical spill on board a container ship on Monday morning.

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Private jets face squeeze at airport

20 Feb 2012

Chek Lap Kok is running out of parking space for business jets, and there is no quick solution in sight.

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Observatory and GFS probe the skies to boost aviation safety

19 Apr 2011

The Observatory has launched a study into wind shear and turbulence to improve aviation safety during bad weather.

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Letters

14 Jan 2011

Why do we keep on tormenting real refugees?

I refer to the report ('Refugees denied the right to work', January 7).

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Job takes you up, up and away

17 Jun 2010

Requirements: First and foremost, you need a passion for flying. You must also be a mature and responsible team player who can make the right decision at critical moments.

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Opinion

Placating graduates a work in progress

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George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

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In Brief

Mother and son found dead

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Crewmen airlifted to safety from deck of sinking mainland ship

The Government Flying Service rescued 10 crewmen from a sinking mainland freighter in the South China Sea yesterday.

The men, all mainlanders, were plucked off the ship's deck in...

7:09PM

Helicopters battle blaze at plant

Government Flying Service helicopters were called in to water-bomb a fire that broke out at a computer recycling plant in Hung Lung Hang, Ta Kwu Leng, at about 11.30am yesterday. Thick black smoke...

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Injured cyclist airlifted to hospital

A 66-year-old cyclist was airlifted to hospital after he lost balance and careened down a slope in Sai Kung West Country Park yesterday. He was cycling with his friends when the accident...

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Pilots find father of boy who trekked for 3 days

A teenage boy hiked for three days and nights to get help for his stranded father, who had a broken leg in the mountains.

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Flying to the rescue

Former laboratory technician Ellen Yan faces numerous challenges in her role as a government helicopter pilot

At 6pm last New Year's Eve, Ellen Yan Suk-yin had more on her mind than...

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