Views aired: Director-General of Civil Aviation Norman Lo speaks at the International Civil Aviation Organisation Aeronautical Telecommunication Network Implementation Co-ordination Group Meeting for the Asia-Pacific Region.

The second International Civil Aviation Organisation Aeronautical Telecommunication Network Implementation Co-ordination Group Meeting for the Asia-Pacific Region is being held in Hong Kong until June 1.

The meeting has attracted 80 delegates from 20 ICAO Contracting States in the region. Topics include the implementation and co-ordination of the Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN) and Air Traffic Services Messages Handling System (AMHS), the AMHS address database and address management, regional guidance material, strategy and implementation timeline.

Speaking at the opening session today, Director-General of Civil Aviation Norman Lo said the Civil Aviation Department will introduce new enabling technologies to sustain a safe and efficient aviation system.

The organisation has targeted the implementation of the ATN and AMHS in the Asia Pacific Region by 2009 to gradually replace the Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network.