The following facilities will be required to meet
shortfalls in capacity
Unit
Cumulative
Additional Needs by
Existing 1996 2006 2011 & Planned
Container Terminals
(lin.
metre)
4375
962 6080 10880
Container Freight Stations, Empty Container Depots & Container Vehicle
Parking
(Ha)
255
100
230
350
Multi-purpose berths
(lin. metre)
290 1800 8000
13200
Anchorage/buoys
(Ha)
1925 1670
3395
4845
Private & Public Cargo
Working Areas
(lin.
metres
16700 1800 5350
9550
Typhoon Shelters
(Ha)
331
210
230
240
19
As noted, demand for port services has been forecast to grow at an average annual rate of 8.6% in cargo tonnage terms, as against 14.5%, during the past few years. In future years, it is likely that there will again be peaks and troughs, but for the purpose of long term planning,
of long term planning, the trend growth rate should be used. There is at present no indication that the recent events in China will have significant repercussions on Chinese re-export and transhipment cargoes through Hong Kong.
Existing/Planned Projects
20
To help cope with rapidly growing demands, work is proceeding on a number of fronts with regard to the upgrading and extension of key infrastructure facilities as below.
detailed
Improvements to Kai Tak
21
In order to enable Kai Tak to accommodate forecast growth in demand to 1996, a major programme of airside improvements is planned, together with an extensive programme of access system improvements. Without such improvements, access system congestion will become SO severe as to limit growth from as early as 1990. Airside capacity
capacity would be constrained by shortfalls in aircraft apron space
apron space from 1993. Specific proposals for a programme of improvements were considered by the Council on 11 January 1989 (memorandum XCCI (89)3 refers).