Food deliveries by drone to take flight in Hong Kong as early as April
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Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on Thursday that businesses involved in pilot drone projects could start offering their services next month.
These services include CLP Power's use of drones to monitor transmission towers, food delivery, and emergency transport of first aid resources during rescue operations, she said.
'We hope that as the routes and infrastructure develop, these sandbox projects will become commercially operational,' she said at a launch ceremony of the low-altitude economy regulatory sandbox project.
Among the proposed amendments to the existing Small Unmanned Aircraft Order are increasing the weight limit of drones from 25kg (55lbs) to 150kg and allowing flying beyond the pilot's sight.
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Chan said the government aimed to amend the civil aviation laws by the end of the second quarter and allow the director of civil aviation to permit passenger drones under these sandbox projects.
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