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Kong.
other existing and proposed airports in the vicinity of Hong
We have provided the Chinese authorities with
comprehensive details of our plans, and will continue to do
So as these plans are updated. I hope to see their support
for а project which will provide the cornerstone of the
prosperity of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
continued
Region.
69.
The
next year.
hard
In
new Airport Authority will come into existence
the meantime, the Provisional Authority is
at work and has made significant progress. In July, it
appointed consultants to draw up the airport master plan; to
engineering design work; and to assess the impact
carry out
the
environment.
The
new airport will have on the
consultants have finished the first phase of the master
plan, including recommendations on the alignment of the two
runways. The Provisional Authority will soon take decisions
on the overall
layout of the new airport. The consultants
will then be able to go ahead with their detailed design
This will be finished
work.
expect the main site
formation
begin in the second half of 1991.
by November next year. I
works for the airport to
/70.
The