4 JUNE 1920 Questionnaire Hong Kong. Provisional Starting and Landing Places – Seaplanes. For flying boats and seaplanes, the Colony and also all the surrounding coast is most suitable. I have not seen anywhere yet in which it is possible to land any machine larger than an Avro. Existing Air Services. No air services exist at the time of writing. Machines have been imported by Macao Aerial Transport Co. and have already started to give flights. The Company is rather a high-bred one, being mostly French and Portuguese capital with American machines, pilots and mechanics. Running Expenses. No running expenses have yet been published. Contracts Advertised Inviting Tenders. The Chinese Post Office is granting subsidies to the mail carrying machines to fly from Shanghai up to the Yangtze River, to Nanking and Hankow. The French Post Office, I believe, is also following suit, and I think that the British Post Office, who are considering the matter, will come in before long. Prospects for Air Services for Mail or Passenger Traffic. As there is a large amount of traffic from Hankow to Shanghai and vice versa, I think that there are quite good prospects for the flying boat or seaplane services, as the river journey is very slow and takes anything from 2 to 4 days to do 600 miles. In addition, a machine can cut off at least 150 miles of the journey by flying straight, as the river winds a good deal. New Air Routes Projected. No new air routes have been projected yet. Aerodromes Available for Commercial Aviation. There are at Macao now hangers constructed on the shores of an inland lake with a few workshops. The Macao Aerial Transport Co. is based there. Housing Accommodation at Aerodromes. Accommodation exists everywhere in the country - Macao and Hong Kong. Shape and Position of Aerodrome Relative to Prevailing Winds.
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