Being the civil aviation authority in Hong Kong, CAD is committed to a safe and efficient air transport system. We strive to accomplish the following missions in a professional manner: -

	*	Positioning Hong Kong as a leading centre of aviation
	*	Maintaining a safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic
	*	Providing flight information service and alerting service within the Hong Kong Flight Information Region
	*	Coordinating search and rescue operation in the event of aircraft emergencies and accidents
	*	Setting and enforcing aerodrome safety and aviation security standards
	*	Ensuring compliance with established airworthiness and flight operations standards by Hong
	*	Kong registered aircraft and locally based airlines
	*	Ensuring Hong Kong approved aircraft maintenance organisations comply with international standards
	*	Ensuring Hong Kong licensed flight crew and aircraft maintenance engineer meet international standards
	*	Monitoring compliance by airlines with bi-lateral Air Services Agreements
	*	Developing workable measures to minimise the impact of aircraft noise on local communities

Note : # There is no major change in organizational context (e.g. organization size, and activities) since last report. * The Accident Investigation Division is mobilised only when required by drawing specially trained staff from other Divisions.

Number of staff

CAD had a total of 676 staff and 7 divisions as at 1 January 2004 (Figure 1).

Our Location

CAD had 5 office locations (Figure 2). We also had a number of radar stations, radio navigational aids and communication stations.