WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1983
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BILL TO VALIDATE PROPERTY ACQUISITION
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A BILL WAS INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY TO VALIDATE THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY BY THE COUNCIL OF ST PAUL'S CO-EDUCATIONAL COLLEGE.
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE COUNCIL OF ST PAUL'S CO-EDUCATION COLLEGE INCORPORATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1983, THE HON MARIA TAM EXPLAINED ITS MAIN PURPOSE IS TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE COLLEGE COUNCIL SHALL OBTAIN THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL WHEN ACQUIRING IMMOVABLE PROPERTY IN HONG KONG.
IT ALSO AIMS TO VALIDATE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE BILL WHICH HAD BEEN MADE WITHOUT SUCH PRIOR CONSENT.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED TILL APRIL 13 OR 14.
CONSULTANTS' STUDY READY IN JUNE
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THE DEFINITIVE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY BY CONSULTANTS ON THE EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED LYEMUN BRIDGE ON THE KAI TAK INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO BE READY BY THE END OF JUNE. THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR DAVID MCDONALD, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS, HE SAID, WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN MAY.
ANSWERING A QUESTION BY THE HON LYDIA DUNN, MR MCDONALD SAID THAT THE STUDY WAS ORIGINALLY EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1982.
HOWEVER, MODELLING OF THE AREA OF THE GLIDEPATH PROVED TO BE MORE DIFFICULT AND TIME-CONSUMING THAN ANTICIPATED AND CONSEQUENTLY THE DEFINITIVE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE, HE SAID.
+ALTHOUGH FULL TESTING OF THE VARIOUS BRIDGE MODELS HAS NOT YET BEEN CARRIED OUT PRELIMINARY TESTS SHOW CLEARLY THAT IN THE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED LOCATIONS THE BRIDGE DESIGNS WOULD CAUSE UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF INTERFERENCE WITH THE INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM, HE SAID.
IT WAS NOW PROPOSED TO CONTINUE TESTING THE PREFERRED BRIDGE DESIGNS IN THE MOST EASTERLY LOCATION AT PROGRESSIVELY LOWERED HEIGHTS, HE ADDED.
+AT THIS STAGE IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW LOW THE BRIDGE WOULD HAVE TO BE TO ACHIEVE AN ACCEPTABLE OPERATIONAL CONDITION BUT LOWERING OF THE LEVEL MIGHT MAKE FURTHER MARINE TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS INEVITABLE, MR MCDONALD SAID.
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