WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1989
"THE STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR AND IT WAS FOUND THAT MANY ELEMENTS OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM WERE ALREADY OPERATING CLOSE TO CAPACITY AND WOULD REACH SATURATION BY 1996, UNLESS A COMPREHENSIVE IMPROVEMENT PACKAGE COSTING SOME $2.4 BILLION WAS IMPLEMENTED. HE ADDED.
"THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES MEASURES TO EXPAND AIRSIDE FACILITIES, OPTIMIZE USAGE OF THE SINGLE RUNWAY, IMPROVE THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM, AND THE TERMINAL COMPLEX FACILITIES AS WELL AS ACCESS TO THE AIRPORT."
HE SAID THAT THE CONSULTANTS HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THE PACKAGE SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED OVER A PERIOD OF EIGHT YEARS.
"HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF THE HIGHER GROWTH RATE IN PASSENGER THROUGHPUT, WHICH WAS ATTRIBUTABLE IN PART TO THE UNEXPECTED 200 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF TAIWANESE VISITORS, THE ADMINISTRATION IS CONSIDERING AS A MATTER OF URGENCY HOW IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
AND PACKAGE OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS CAN BEST BE EFFECTED
WHETHER IT CAN BE ACCELERATED," MR JACOBS SAID.
"SO FAR, WE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN STEPS TO SPEED UP THE ON-GOING PROGRAMME OF AIRPORT EXTENSION, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO THE EXPANSION OF THE APRON.
"THE CIVIL WORKS PORTION OF THE PASSENGER APRON EXTENSION HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETED, FOUR MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, THIS PROVIDES THREE EXTRA WIDE-BODIED AIRCRAFT PARKING STANDS," HE SAID.
HE STRESSED THAT THE PROJECT TO EXTEND THE LONG TERM PASSENGER AND CARGO PARKING APRON WAS BEING UPGRADED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME, WITH A VIEW TO PROVIDING THREE OTHER WIDE-BODIED AIRCRAFT PARKING STANDS BY SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR,
ROUNDABOUT AT REGARDS OTHER
"A CATEGORY D ITEM WILL BE CREATED TO PROVIDE A THE AIRPORT ENTRANCE AND TO WIDEN OLYMPIC AVENUE. AS PROJECTS RECOMMENDED BY THE CONSULTANTS, IT IS OUR INTENTION TO IMPLEMENT THE IMPROVEMENTS AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE.
HE RECOGNISED THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PACKAGE WAS A COMPLEX EXERCISE, GIVEN THE FINANCIAL, LAND AND REPROVISIONING ISSUES INVOLVED,
"NEVERTHELESS, I CAN ASSURE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL THAT WE ARE FULLY ALIVE TO THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE IMPLEMENTED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT KAI
AIRPORT
BE ABLE TO COPE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE 1990S, MR JACOBS SAID,
TAK
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