proposed configuration of the runways, the aircraft approach zones and the airport boundaries if a replacement airport were constructed at Chek Lap Kok (paragraph 18(b) above);
a meteorological data collection station should be established by the Director, Royal Observatory, on Chek Lap Kok to determine whether there are any particular weather factors which would signi- ficantly limit aircraft operations at Chek Lap Kok or dictate runway alignment and disposition (paragraph 18(c) above);
it should be the Government's policy to use adminis- trative measures to protect from obstructions the flight path associated with an airport at Chek Lap Kok, until such time as a decision is reached on whether or not to construct an airport (paragraphs 19 - 21);
and to note that:
(e)
(f)
an assessment will be made by the Secretary for the Environment of the overall implications for the development strategy of Hong Kong as a whole of the construction of a replacement airport at Chek Lap Kok and the release of Kai Tak (paragraph 18(d) above);
the advice of Honourable Members on a replacement airport will be sought again when the stage represented by (a) to (c) above has been completed and in the light of an up-dated situation report on the use of Kai Tak (paragraph 17 above);
subject, in the case of (b) and (c), to the provision of the necessary funds by the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council.
(The Secretary for Economic Services (Mr D. G. JEAFFRES ON), the Secretary for the Environment (Mr D. J. C, JONES), the Secretary for the New Territories (Mr D. AKERS-JONES), the Director of Engineering Development (Mr H. D. STEAD) and the Director of Civil Aviation (Mr R. E. DOWNING) will attend before the Council for the discussion of this item).
4th April 1978
(CR 32/581/73 III)
COUNCIL CHAMBER
CONFIDENTIAL #2