Fifteen years ago we were operating SuperKingAirs out of Kai Tak. Because of the imminent Chinese takeover of HongKong,we were made to come under the Civil Aviation Department and follow their rules. Whereas we had always used common sense and had followed the idea that if an engine failed or a potentially catastrophic event occurred on take-off we would land back on if sufficient runway was available--bearing in mind that this could be 10,000ft at Kai Tak--- we were forced to accept that after V1 we had to get airbourne regardless. This could have led to a "harbour circuit" on one engine ,possibly on fire instead of dealing with things at rest halfway down the runway. I did suggest that decisions in such cases were best left to the pilot but was labelled a "Dinosaur" which bucked me up somewhat!