HELIPORT OPENED ON ISLAND OF HVAR

HVAR, Aug 21 (Hina) - Croatian Administration Minister Davorin Mlakar on Thursday opened a heliport on the island of Hvar (central Adriatic) - the first heliport on an island in the Dalmatian region of the Croatian Adriatic Sea. The heliport's primary purpose will be the transport of patients from Hvar to the town of Split on the coast by fire-unit and tourist helicopters. The building of the 700-square-metre-heliport and an access path was financed via donations. The first tourist to land on the heliport after a Croatian Air Force helicopter was U.S. billionaire Kew Mcow, spending the summer on the Adriatic on his luxurious yacht, which holds his tiny helicopter, known as the Kinder Egg. Night landings are temporarily made possible thanks to the Informatika Sistemi company from Zagreb, which offered charge-free illumination to the Hvar Hospital. Permanent night illumination will be set up by the Koncar company. (hina) ha jn 211337 MET aug 97