HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
28 June 1989
香港立法局 -一九八九年六月二十八日
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The consultancy referred to in the question also recommended measures which would reduce the noise impact. These included:
(a) provision of acoustic insulation to affected schools;
(b) maintaining the present curfew for aircraft landing and takeoff at night;
and
(c) installing fixed ground power sources in the existing and expanded apron areas to provide electricity to aircraft operations which would otherwise rely on the aircraft auxiliary power units, the operation of which has been one of the primary sources of noise nuisance to the neighbouring housing estates.
All of these recommendations have been accepted by the Administration and are being implemented.
In addition, the Director of Civil Aviation has been requiring airline operators to relocate noisy aircraft engine runs at night to the west of the nullah to minimize disturbance to adjacent dwellings. Subsidiary legislation under the Civil Aviation (Aircraft Noise) Ordinance is also being drafted with a view to incorporating these and other forms of control in a statutory framework.
MISS LEUNG: Sir, will the Secretary inform this Council of the planned programme of implementation of measures mentioned in the reply that would reduce the noise impact?
SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Sir, regarding probably the most important of the measures, that is, the installation of fixed ground power, tenders for the supply of equipment are being invited at present and associated civil engineering work will begin in October this year and equipment installations will be completed by next summer, and the other parking bays on the other apron east of Kai Tak nullah will be similarly equipped by 1991. Regarding the relocation of the engine ground runs, most of them are already taking place on the west of the nullah; only a third of the engine runs now take place on east of the nullah. It is hoped by the end of the year all of them will take place on the west of the nullah.
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