FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1988
NOISE CONTROL APPLIES TO FOREIGN AIRCRAFT
THE GOVERNMENT TOLAY (FRIDAY) PUBLISHED A NOTICE EXTENDING THE APPLICATION OF THE NOISE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT ΤΟ FOREIGN
SUBSONIC JET AIRCRAFT,
AT PRESENT THE NOISE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT APPLIES ONLY TO LOCAL SUBSONIC JET AIRCRAFT, THAT IS THE SUBSONIC" JET AIRCRAFT REGISTERED IN HONG KONG AND SUBSONIC JET AIRCRAFT NOT REGISTERED IN HONG KONG BUT OWNED OR OPERATED BY A COMPANY INCORPORATED, OR BY A PERSON ORDINARILY RESIDENT, IN HONG KONG.
THE CIVIL AVIATION (AIRCRAFT NOISE) (AIRCRAFT CLASSES} NOTICE 1988, PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE, SPECIFIES THAT EFFECTIVE FROM NOVEMBER 1 THIS YEAR ALL SUBSONIC JET AIRCRAFT WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT UNDER THE CIVIL AVIATION CAIRCRAFT NOISE) ORDINANCE,
THE ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS ENACTED IN JUNE 1986, EMPOWERS THE GOVERNMENT TO PROHIBIT AIRCRAFT NOT MEETING INTERNATIONAL AIRCRAF NOISE STANDARDS FROM LANDING AND TAKING OFF IN HONG KONG.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE WERE BEING IMPLEMENTED IN TWO STAGES, A PRACTICE WIDELY ADOPTED BY COUNTRIFS ELSEWHERE.
THE FIRST STAGE, APPLICABLE TO LOCAL SUBSONIC JET AIRCRAFT, CAME INTO EFFECT ON MAY 1 LAST YEAR.
AIRCRAFT OPERATING SERVICES NOISE CERTIFICATE OR OTHER THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE
"IN THE FORTHCOMING SECOND-STAGE APPLICATION OF THE MEASURES, BOTH LOCAL AND FOREIGN SUBSONIC JET TO/FROM HONG KONG WILL HAVE TO CARRY A DOCUMENTARY PROOF OF COMPLIANCE BY
INTERNATIONAL AIRCRAFT NOISE STANDARDS, WHICH HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION AND PUBLISHED IN ANNEX 16 TO THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION, HE SAID.
"IT IS IMPORTANT, AND IN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC, THAT HONG KONG TAKES STEPS ΤΟ ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THESE AIRCRAFT NOISE STANDARDS BY ALL SUBSONIC JET AIRCRAFT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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WITH THE ORDINANCE COMING IN FULL OFFRATION, NON-CERTIFICATED SUBSONIC JET AIRCRAFT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE SKY OF HONG KONG,
ADDED.
HE
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