Tuesday, August 22, 1972
When this was completed by 1976, he said, the airport could handle
some 30 to 32 aircraft an hour in adverse weather conditions, some 4,000
passengers an hour and a throughput of air cargo of some 220,000 metric tons
a year.
The first major phase of development was finished in 1962. By 1976,
the Government will have invested some $700 million in Hong Kong's air transport
system, he added.
The Director said the development programmes at the airport had made
Hong Kong a "main aviation centre in South East Asia and the Far East",
Over the 10 years 1962 to 1972, international air services have
increased from about 15,000 movements to 50,000 movements; passengers from
500,000 to 2.5 million, and air cargo from 6,000 metric tons to just over
78,000 metric tons.
Mr. Thomson described civil aviation as "a very large, important and
expanding industry" in Hong Kong, and pointed out that the airport revenue
alone was over $100 million in the financial year 1971–72.
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