FRH 7
H 香港政府 GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1975
NEW BAGGAGE-HANDLING SYSTEM FOR AIRPORT
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AN IMPROVED BAGGAGE-HANDLING SYSTEM IS TO BE PROVIDED FOR PASSENGERS ARRIVING AT HONG KONG'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ELIMINATING LELAY FOR INCOMING PASSENGERS.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS INVITED TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW ARRIVAL BAGGAGE-HANDLING SYSTEM IN THE BASEMENT OF THE AIRPORT TERMINAL DUILDING EXTENSION, THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHICH IS NOW IN AN ADVANCED STAGE. THE EXTENSION CONSISTS OF THREE FLOORS, EACH MEASURING 84,000 SQUARE FEET.
LAST MONTH, THE DEPARTMENT CALLED TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF A SEMI-AUTOMATED SYSTEM TO HANDLE AND SORT BAGGAGE FOR DEPARTING AIR PASSENGERS.
MR. JACK WALLACE, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL BE (ESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUPERVISION OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE TWO BAGGAGE SYSTEMS, SAID TODAY THE ARRIVAL SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED IN THE DASEMENT OF THE THREE-STOREY EXTENSION WOULD BE CAPABLE OF TRANSFERRING BAGGAGE AT THE RATE OF ABOUT 3,000 ITEMS AN HOUR TO THE +RECLAIM HALL+ ON THE GROUND FLOOR FOR COLLECTION DY PASSENGERS.
THE EXISTING SYSTEM IN THE TERMINAL BUILDING PROPER HAS A CAPACITY OF ABOUT 2,500 ITEMS AN HOUR, AND MR. VALLACE SAID THAT TOGETHER THE TWO SYSTEMS SHOULD REMOVE WHAT IS OFTEN A MAJOR CAUSE OF DELAY FOR ARRIVING PASSENGERS.
INSTALLATION OF THE NEW ARRIVAL BAGGAGE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR, AT THE SAME TIME AS THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW DEPARTURE BAGGAGE HANDLING AND SORTING SYSTEM.
BOTH SYSTEMS WERE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY 1977 TO COINCIDE WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE $33 MILLION TERMINAL BUILDING EXTENSION.
MR. WALLACE SAID THE SEMI-AUTOMATED SYSTEM TO HANDLE AND SORT BAGGAGE FOR DEPARTING AIR PASSENGERS WOULD INITIALLY BE CAPABLE OF TRANSFERRING 3,000 ITEMS OF DAGGAGE PER HOUR FROM THE CHECK-IN COUNTERS IN THE DEPARTURE HALL TO THE BAGGAGE MARSHALLING AREA IN THE BASEMENT OF THE BUILDING.
LATER, THE HANDLING CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM WOULD BE EXTENDED TO 6,00D ITEMS OF BAGGAGE PER HOUR EQUIVALENT TO AN HOURLY THROUGHPUT OF 3,000 PASSENGERS.
THIS WOULD BE ABOUT THREE TIMES THE CAPACITY OF THE PRESENT MANUAL SYSTEM, WHICH HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN 1962 AND WAS NOW OPERATING ABOVE DESIGNED CAPACITY.
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191