Oral answers to questions Question 1
Hon CHYUNG Yan-Lung
A'n traffic at fai Tak
1. MRV CHEUNG asked:
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Question: In view of the heavy air traffic in and out of
Kai Tak Airport, will
will Government inform this Council whether consideration has been given to the possibility of diverting some of the traffic, particularly smaller aircraft, to the airport at
at Shek Kongy SO a 8 to zelieve and to increase congestion at Kai Tak Airport and its capacity for larger airliners?
REPLY BY THE HONOURABLE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL: WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE 1988
FINANCIAL SECRETARY:
Si
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a replying to Mr. Cheung's question, I should
first mention that Kai Tak Airport has served Hong Kong's aviation needs well and is expected to continue to do so
for a number of years.
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At present, the number of general aviation
movements involving small locally-registered private
aircraft and executive jets, constitutes a small proportion
of the total traffic. The relatively low volume of such
aircraft movements has permitted these flights to be
accommodated at Kai Tak, albeit with certain restrictions
to ensure that they do not impinge upon the demands placed
on the use of the
the airport by commercial airline
operations. In 1987, local civil aircraft movements at Kai
Tak accounted for approximately 5,000 of the total of some
37,000 movements. The Government therefore, sees no need to
Shek divert such traffic away from Kai Tak to (Sek Kong.