FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1989
"THE STUDY HAS IDENTIFIED
THAT MANY
ELEMENTS OF KAI TAX'9 PARKING FACILITIES AND ROAD SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT
REACH ACCESS TO THE AIRPORT, ARE OPERATING CLOSE TO CAPACITY AND WILL
THE RATE SATURATION BY 1992 IF GROWTH IN AIR TRAFFIC IS SUSTAINED AT FORECAST BY CONSULTANTS," HE SAID.
COMPREHENSIVE "THE CONSULTANTS HAVE RECOMMENDED A
ADJACENT ROAD IMPROVE AND EXPAND THE AIRPORT FACILITIES AND WHICH WILL DEFER THE SATURATION DATE TO 1996.
PACKAGE
TO NETWORK
"THESE INCLUDE MEASURES TO EXPAND AIRSIDE FACILITIES,
TRAFFIC CONTROL USAGE OF THE SINGLE RUNWAY, IMPROVE THE AIR
WELL AS ON TERMINAL COMPLEX FACILITIES AS
AND OFF-AIRPORT
SYSTEMS.
OPTIMISE SYSTEM,
ACCESS
IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDED,
PROGRAMME EXPENDITURE
"OF THE $2.4 BILLION WORTH OF THE CAPITAL MILLION ARE ALREADY IN AIRPORT UP TO 1992-93 AND IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME.
"THE BALANCE OF $1.8 BILLION REPRESENTS ADDITIONAL FOR WHICH NO FINANCIAL PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE.
OF
9610 FOR THE
COMMITMENTS
THEIR ITEMS, INDIVIDUAL
BY FUNDS
THE FINANCE IMPLEMENTED TO ENABLE
"SUBJECT то FURTHER SCRUTINY
PHASING
AND COSTS, AND
THE PROVISION OF COMMITTEE, THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE KAI TAK TO COPE WITH DEMAND.
++
CONSULTANCY
WAS
UNDERTAKEN BY RMP ENCON, LTD. THE KAI TAK STARTED IN OCTOBER 1987 AND COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.
THE CONSULTANTS WERE REQUIRED TO PREPARE AIR TRAFFIC
2010, IDENTIFY SHORTFALLS FOR KAI TAK UP TO THE YEAR
IMPROVEMENT
ASSESS
IN
FORECASTS CAPACITY,
AND
THE
ECONOMIC
RECOMMEND MEASURES FOR DISBENEFITS WHICH WOULD ARISE SHOULD DEMAND EXCEED CAPACITY.
THAT BETWEEN
THE STUDY FORECASTS
1987 AND 2010, PASSENGER PER ANNUM, REACHING TRAFFIC WILL GROW AT AN AVERAGE OF 5.7 PER CENT SOME 46.1 MILLION IN 2010.
OF CARGO SERVICES DEMAND IS FORECAST TO INCREASE AT AN AVERAGE
IN 2010. CIVIL 6.5 PER CENT PER ANNUM, REACHING 2.61 MILLION TONNES
CENT INTERNATIONAL AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS ARE FORECAST TO GROW AT 5.2 PER PER ANNUM.
THE
FEATURE MAIN
OF
AIRSIDE
IS TO IMPROVEMENTS
INCREASE OVER 60 STANDS. THIS AIRCRAFT PARKING FACILITIES FROM 39 STANDS TO
то PROVIDE i STANDS WILL INVOLVE EXTENSION OF THE EAST APRON
AND
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH APRON
KOWLOON
RECLAMATION TO
PROVIDE 11 STANDS.
BAY
/DEMAND MANAGEMENT