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Due to findings at Mirador Basin in Northern Petén, Hansen suggests the Olmec and Maya cultures developed separately, and merged in some places like Tak ' alik Abaj on the Pacific lowlands.
* 1998 – Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational.
* 1993 – A China Airlines Boeing 747 overruns Runway 13 at Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people.
* July 6 – The new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok opens, while the historic Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport closes.
After attending Tak Sun School ( 德信學校 ) ( a couple of blocks from his home at 218 Nathan Road, Kowloon ), Lee entered the primary school division of La Salle College in 1950 or 1952 ( at the age of 12 ).
A complete armorial is given at the Armorial de la Maison de Nassau, section Lignée Valramienne at the French Wikipedia, and another one at Wapen van Nassau, Tak van Walram at the Dutch Wikipedia.
King Seonjo wanted to have Yi killed, but the admiral's supporters at court, chiefly the minister Jeong Tak ( 정탁, 鄭琢, 1526 – 1605 ), convinced the king to spare him due to his past service record.
On 5 July 1998, Dragonair Flight 841 from Chongqing was the last scheduled arrival at Kai Tak Airport, landed runway 13 at 15: 38 GMT ( 23: 38 Hong Kong time ).
At one time, the government reopened the cargo terminal at Kai Tak Airport to handle freight traffic because of a breakdown at the new cargo terminal, named Super Terminal One ( ST1 ).
RAF Short Sunderland s and a Douglas C-47 Skytrain | Douglas Dakota at Kai Tak Airport, c. 1946
The first control tower and hangar at Kai Tak were built in 1935.
* Hong Kong International Airport ( the current airport at Chek Lap Kok that replaced Kai Tak )
Kwun Tong (; originally 官塘 ) is an area in Kwun Tong District, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon Peak in the east to the north coast of the former Kai Tak Airport runway in the west.
Kwun Tong is situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon Peak in the east to the north coast of the Airport ( Kai Tak ) runway in the west.
Boeing 747-400 at Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, in 1998
The Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary at the western boundary to the province Tak and was declared World Heritage in 1991.
The proposal was created out of concern that the then-current airport at Kai Tak, which had been in use since the beginning of Aviation in Hong Kong, was not equipped to handle modern aviation needs.
Aaj Tak has evolved into nation ’ s most trusted news channel ( according to BTR AajTak was at 190th position in 2010, this year it has climbed up to 168th spot out of 17000 thousand most trusted brands and that ’ s above all TV brands including GEC ’ s ).

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The airport opened for commercial operations in 1998, replacing Kai Tak, and is an important regional trans-shipment centre, passenger hub and gateway for destinations in Mainland China ( with over 40 destinations ) and the rest of Asia.
The survivors ' first inclination is to escape Desperation, until David reveals that it is God's will that they confront Tak and seal it in the China Pit again ; the group begins to argue amongst themselves about whether they should stay or go.
David explains the visions that he had while in his prayer trance, and the group comes to understand that Entragian was possessed by an ancient evil, a supernatural entity that calls itself Tak, which had been imprisoned in the China Pit mineshaft until the Desperation Mining Corporation unearthed it.
Johnny prevents the rest of the group from going forward, and proceeds to blow up the ini with the ANFO, sacrificing himself in order to seal Tak in the China Pit.
The Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal in the Shun Tak Centre has ferries and helicopters to Macau and to several destinations in Mainland China.
On 8, 9 and 10 December, eight American pilots of the China National Aviation Corporation ( CNAC ) and their crews made a total of 16 trips between Kai Tak Airport in the British Crown Colony Hong Kong, at that moment under attack from Japanese forces attack from Japanese forces, and Chongqing ( Chungking ) in China, the war time capital of the Republic of China.
On the day, 12 aircraft from CNAC and CATC were flown, without acknowledgment, from Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport to Communist controlled China.
* June 30 – Thai Airways International Flight 601, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, crashes into the South China Sea while on approach to Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong, killing 24 of the 80 people on board and injuring all 56 survivors.
TurboJET () is the brand name for the operations of the Hong Kong-headquartered Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management Limited ( 信德中旅船務管理有限公司 ), which was established from the joint venture between Shun Tak Holdings Limited ( 信德集團有限公司 ) and China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Limited ( 香港中旅國際投資有限公司 ) in July 1999.
Shun Tak and China Travel had their own separate ferry business brands before merging as TurboJET, on 1 July 1999.

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This medal set a historical precedent in Haarlem for commemorative medals ; Sypesteyn's son Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn ( 1723-1788 ) later became the founding director of the learned society Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen and its offshoot, the " Oeconomische Tak ", and he hired Holtzhey's son Johann Georg to commission prize medals for both societies.
Such attacks would continue to some extent for the course of the revolution .< ref name =" REID-49 "> Reid ( 1974 ), page 49 ; Mochtar Lubis, Jalan Tak Ada ( Jakarta: Yayasan Obot Indonesia, 2002 ) < nowiki > published 1952 ),
He received his first National Film Award as a Special Jury Award for his roles in the films Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak ( 1988 ) and Raakh ( 1989 ).
After taking the vows of a Buddhist monk for about 3 years, Sin joined the service of King Ekatat and was first deputy governor and later governor of the Tak, which gained him his name Phraya Tak, the governor of Tak, which was exposed to danger from Burma, though his official noble title was " Phraya Tak ".
In 1765, when the Burmese attacked Ayutthaya, Phraya Tak defended the capital, for which he was given the title " Phraya Vajiraprakarn " of Kamphaeng Phet.
# In a monastery, the deathgod Yama – assisted by Tak, the ape ( formerly Tak the Archivist for the gods ) and Ratri, Goddess of Night – assembles a clandestine radio transceiver to extract Sam's atman, or soul, from the " Bridge of the Gods ," the planet's thick ionosphere, and restore it to a body.
* Tak, of the Bright Spear, is a former demigod exiled to the world as an ape, as punishment for trying to help Sam while he was in captivity.
Chek Lap Kok Airport was designed as a replacement for the former Hong Kong International Airport ( commonly known as Kai Tak Airport ) originally built in 1925.
Located in the densely built-up Kowloon City District with a single runway extending into Kowloon Bay, Kai Tak had only limited room for expansion to cope with steadily increasing air traffic.
By the 1990s, Kai Tak had become one of the world's busiest airports – it far exceeded its annual passenger and cargo design capacities, and one out of every three flights experienced delays, largely due to lack of space for aircraft, gates, and a second runway.
They begin to fight for their freedom, sanity and lives before realizing that if they are ever to escape Desperation, they must trap Tak in the place from where he came.
Tom leaves the group, and is soon attacked by a desert beast being commanded by Tak ; the rest of the group, except for Audrey and David, rush to his rescue and kill the beast, but Tom bleeds out from his wounds.
The story of Kai Tak started in 1922 when two businessmen Ho Kai and Au Tak formed the Kai Tak Investment Company in order to reclaim land in Kowloon for development.
A 2001 Environmental Study recommended a new memorial be erected for the Sung Wong Toi rock and other remnants of the Kowloon area before Kai Tak.
A blueprint for the redevelopment of Kai Tak was issued by the government in June 2006.

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