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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1986
IMPROVEMENT WORK AT AIRPORT
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A PROJECT TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE OPERATIONAL SAFETY AT KAI TAK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WILL COMMENCE IN MAY.
ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT WIDTH IS TO BE BUILT DOWN BOTH SIDES
OF THE RUNWAY AND THE MAIN TAXIWAYS ARE TO BE RESURFACED.
ALSO, THE KOWLOON CITY END OF THE RUNWAY IS TO BE RECONSTRUCTED. THE PROJECT INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO LIGHTING AND SIGNALLING INSTALLATIONS.
A LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH SPOKESMAN SAID THAT, IN ORDER THAT OPERATION OF THE AIRPORT WOULD NOT BE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED, AND TO RETURN IT TO NORMAL OPERATION IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME, MOST OF THE WORK WOULD BE CARRIED OUT AT NIGHT. WORK WHICH COULD BE CARRIED OUT DURING THE DAY WOULD CONTINUE ON GENERAL HOLIDAYS.
HE SAID, NORMALLY, CONSTRUCTION WORK AT NIGHT AND ON GENERAL HOLIDAYS WAS RESTRICTED, BUT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAD ORDERED AN EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 13 OF THE SUMMARY OFFENCES ORDINANCE. SUBJECT TO VARIOUS CONDITIONS COVERING NOISE LEVELS AT NIGHT AND MEASURES TO REDUCE THE NOISE OF CONSTRUCTION PLANT.
+CONSTRUCTION NOISE WILL BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM AND CLOSELY MONITORED DURING THE 22-MONTH CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY STAFF OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE WHICH IS PART OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
TENDERS WILL BE INVITED SHORTLY AND THE CLOSING DATE WILL BE MARCH 14.
TOP PRIZES FOR TOP FISH CATCHES ***
TWENTY-SIX FISHERMEN WHO LANDED THE TOP CATCHES IN THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION'S WHOLESALE MARKETS LAST YEAR WILL BE AWARDED PRIZES TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
SIX OF THEM WILL ALSO RECEIVE AWARDS FOR WINNING THE TITLES OF CHAMPION FISHERMEN ON A TERRITORY BASIS.
THE DIRECTOR