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which
completed its work later that year.
In 1981
-
83,
while a master plan for Chek Lap Kok was being prepared,
the Deep Bay sites and, in particular, the more attractive
site of Nim Wan were also re-examined but found to be less
desirable than Chek Lap Kok. The Nim Wan site was also
recommended to Government in a report prepared by a group
of Hong Kong academics this year. This prompted us to look
yet again at that site. But this report and the subsequent
review only reconfirmed our belief that Chek Lap Kok was
the correct choice.
5.
those
The problems with Nim Wan are many and serious and
recommending the site have not suggested how they
close to the new
might be
overcome.
Shenzhen airport
The
site is
So
under development
that
airspace
co-ordination would be very complex; an airport at Nim Wan
would create
conflicts serious
with a
very
important
shipping channel serving the Pearl River; aircraft noise from such an airport would adversely affect residential
areas in Shenzhen and
Mai Po Marshes would
Tin Shui Wai; the proximity of the
cause a serious risk of bird strike
for aircraft: the site would not allow for port expansion
to share the new transport links required for the airport:
and
the
delicate
seriously harmed.
ecology
of
Bay Deep
could
also be
I list these points to illustrate that
we do listen to suggestions and consider them thoroughly.