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Photo by South China Morning Post Ltd.
ON 12TH SEPTEMBER 1958 the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Robert Black, marked the completion of the first phase of the airport development programme when, in a helicopter, he flew through and cut a ribbon stretched across the landward end of the new runway, thus symbolically opening it to international air traffic.
The second stage of the development project-construction of a new parking apron and provision of a temporary terminal building-has already started and is expected to be completed by May 1959. The third and final stage includes the construction of a permanent terminal building. public area and ancillary buildings before the end of 1960. The new terminal building has been designed for efficient and speedy handling of passengers in maximum comfort and is capable of future expansion at short notice if required. without interference with existing facilities. The lower picture shows an artist's impression of the terminal building as it will look upon completion. Its estimated cost is about $19.000.000.
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