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Kai Tak Airport was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. Officially known as Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998, it is often referred to as Hong Kong International Airport, Kai Tak, or simply Kai Tak and Kai Tak International Airport, to distinguish it from its successor, which may be referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport, built on reclaimed and levelled land around the islands of Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau, 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the west.
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The M29 class comprised five monitors of the Royal Navy, all built and launched during 1915.
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- ↑ Kai Tak – Helicopter Database
- ↑ "British Warships 1914-1919" by F J Dittmar & J J Colledge
