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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1988
GOVERNOR VISITS KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT A SECOND TIME
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT WHERE ONE OF HIS OBJECTIVES WAS TO LOOK INTO
THE EFFECT OF AIRCRAFT NOISE ON LOCAL
INHABITANTS.
"THE GOVERNMENT IS FULLY AWARE THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM OF AIRCRAFT NOISE, SIR DAVID SAID AFTER THE VISIT.
AVOIDED.
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"SO LONG AS OUR AIRPORT IS AT KAI TAK, THIS CANNOT TOTALLY BE
"BUT WE ARE PROVIDING AIR-CONDITIONERS AND DOUBLE-GLAZING TO GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS LOCATED DIRECTLY UNDER THE FLIGHT PATH AND SEVERELY AFFECTED BY AIRCRAFT NOISE. AND CONTROLS ON NOISE LEVELS WILL BE EXTENDED TO ALL AIRCRAFT WITH EFFECT FROM NOVEMBER.
ON HIS SECOND VISIT TO KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT SINCE BECOMING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON), MT T.H. CHAU, KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WONG SIK-KONG, AND DISTRICT OFFICER (KOWLOON CITY), MR ALEX FONG.
HE BEGAN HIS VISIT AT THE BISHOP HALL JUBILEE SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS SHOWN THE NOISE ABATEMENT FACILITIES THAT HAD BEEN RECENTLY INSTALLED.
SIR DAVID NEXT WENT TO LUNG SHING, ONE OF THE OLDER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT, WHERE HE VISITED A FAMILY LIVING IN A 40-YEAR OLD BUILDING LOCATED DIRECTLY UNDER THE FLIGHT PATH.
**THE GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE HUMAN AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF OPERATING A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SO CLOSE ΤΟ DENSELY POPULATED AREAS, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
"WE REALISE THAT MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE AIRCRAFT NOISE.
"DETAILED WORK (S NOW WELL. ADVANCED ON THE CAPABILITY OF KAI TAK AND THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES OF SITES. THE DECISION ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE AIRPORT IS A WE SHALL BE READY TO TAKE IT BEFORE THE END OF NEXT YEAR.'
SIR DAVID THEN DROVE TO THR WATERFRONT AREA WHERE HE PAID A VISIT WHAMPOA GARDEN.
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HE WAS ABLE TO COMPARE THE MUCH IMPROVED LIVING ENVIRONMENT A MODERN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE OLD AND UNPLANNED AREA HE VISITED EARLIER.
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