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Wednesday, December 27, 1972
PLANNING ON NEW AIRPORT CARGO COMPLEX NEARLY FINALISED
Expected To Be Ready In 1975
Detailed planning work on the construction of the new air cargo
complex at Kai Tak Airport has been progressing smoothly and is now nearing
finalisation.
The Director of Civial Aviation said today that the consultants
engaged by the Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd. have already submitted their
final report to the board and this is being studied.
The Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd. is a consortium of public
and private companies, with Government as a partner, which was formed in
December 1971 to build and operate the new air cargo complex.
"If everything works out smoothly, the new terminal should be
finished in 1975," the Director added.
Meanwhile, the total amount of air cargo handled at the airport
annually continued to increase at a steady pace.
In the 1971-72 financial year, a total of 78,210 metric tons of air freight were carried in and out of Hong Kong, an increase of 15,946 metric
tons or 25.6 per cent compared with the previous year.
The Director pointed out that this annual traffic of 78,210 metric tons had already exceeded the designed yearly capacity of 70,000 metric tona
of the existing Cargo Terminal.
To alleviate