SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF SPLIT HELIPORT'S OPENING

SPLIT, Oct 15 (Hina) - The second anniversary of the opening of Split Heliport was marked today in this southern Croatian city. The one-million-German mark-worth heliport was built as part of the Split Hospital facilities two years ago by voluntarily raised funds. More than three thousand sick and wounded from the southern Croatian fronts and central Bosnia passed the heliport to the hospital in medevacs during the past two years. Croatian President Franjo Tudjman's envoy Admiral Davorin Kaic addressed the gathered guests at today's ceremony saying days are now behind Split and Croatia when three helicopters transporting 60 wounded used to land at the heliport at the same time. He expressed hopes the aggressors eventually realized they could not occupy Croatia and force its people to succumb. (hina) mm 151639 MET oct 94