THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1989
1997 NOT SIGNIFICANT IN PLANNING NEW AIRPORT
MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF
SIR DAVID
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KOWLOON
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LUNCHEON CHIEF
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REPLYING ΤΟ QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS AFTER THE
THE (THURSDAY),
SECRETARY,
FORD, SAID THE DATE OF 1997 WAS SIGNIFICANT DATE IN THE PLANNING OR THE BUILDING OF A AIRPORT.
"CLEARLY WE HAVE AGREEMENT OF THIS GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT THAT AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN HONG KONG IS INTO THE FUTURE.
THE CHINESE NEEDED WELL
"1997 DOES NOT FEATURE IN OUR THINKING AT ALL, WE SHALL SIMPLY FORGE AHEAD, HE SAID.
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ASKED WHICH OPTION WAS THE MORE ATTRACTIVE LOCATION CHEK LAP KOK OR THE WESTERN HARBOUR, SIR DAVID SAID BOTH HAD THEIR ADVANTAGES.
CHEK LAP KOK COULD BE BUILT QUICKER AND WAS SOMEWHAT CHEAPER, BUT THERE WERE LIMITATIONS IN TERMS OF SIZE AND SCOPE.
THE WESTERN HARBOUR OPTION WOULD PROVIDE A LARGER SCALE IT WOULD TAKE AIRPORT WITH A GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPANSION, BUT LONGER AND COST MORE.
"SO ALL THESE ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE ARE NOW LOOKING INTO VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE A FINAL DECISION IS TAKEN," SIR DAVID SAID.
ASKED ABOUT THE ROLE OF A PORT AND AIRPORT AUTHORITY IN FUTURE,
HOW THE SIR DAVID SAID OPTIONS ABOUT
PORT AND AIRPORT SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED WERE STILL BEING CONSIDERED.
"THE RAISING OF FUNDS AND WORKING ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS 19 SIMPLY ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS," HE SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID THE PRESSURE FOR A DECISION ON THE AIRPORT CAME ΤΟ FROM WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE GOVERNMENT WAS VERY ANY IOUS GET A DECISION ON THE AIRPORT AND PORT DEVELOPMENT.
"IT CLEARLY WILL AFFECT THE WHOLE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURAL PLANNING AND IT SEEMS VERY CLEAR FROM THE STUDIES WHICH WE'VE ALREADY
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"AND WE MUST HAVE CLEAR ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE IF WE ARE NOT TAK, SIR DAVID TO HAVE ECONOMIC DISBENEFITS BY OVERCROWDING AT KAL SAID.
ASKED HOW CHEK LAP KOK WOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN IT DID NOT FOR RUNWAY OFFER THE MINIMUM INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF 1,300 METRES SEPARATION, SIR DAVID SAID IT DID OFFER THE MINIMUM SEPARATION AND WAS QUITE ACCEPTABLE IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS.
"THERE ARE MANY AIRPORTS NOW WHICH ARE OPERATING ON INTERNATIONAL BASIS WITH 900-METRE SEPARATION, HE ADDED.
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