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SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1990
IMPLEMENTATION STUDY OF THE AIRPORT REDUCING ANY
"HOWEVER, THE CONSULTANTS HAVE ADVISED THAT THE OF THE NOISE MITIGATION MEASURES AS RECOMMENDED IN THE NOISE IMPACT OF GROUND OPERATIONS AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL (THE GROUND NOISE STUDY) IN 1988 WILL GO A LONG WAY NOISE IMPACT ON ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS,
HE SAID.
IN
INSTALLATION THIS IS SIMILAR TO TAK
UNDER THE EXPANSION PROGRAMME, FIXED GROUND POWER WILL BE PROVIDED AT EVERY AIRCRAFT PARKING BAY. THE WORK BEING CARRIED OUT ON THE EXISTING APRONS EAST OF THE KAI NULLAH.
"THIS MEASURE IS A RECOMMENDATION OF AND WILL OBVIATE MOST OF THE TIME NOISY AUXILIARY POWER UNITS WHICH ARE THE TWO MAIN SOURCES OF GROUND NOISE,
THE
THE ΤΟ NEED AND {APU'S)
THE
GROUND NOISE USE THE MOBILE GROUND
STUDY AIRCRAFT'S UNITS,
INSTALLATION THE
OF FIXED GROUND CARGO APRON AND MAINTENANCE APRON,
LONG EXTENSION IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN TWO PHASES.
EXPECTED то BE
THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
POWER FOR THE EXISTING TERM PARKING APRON AND
COMPLETED IN THE THIRD BETWEEN THE THIRD QUARTER OF
THE FIRST PHASE IS
QUARTER OF 1990 AND THE SECOND PHASE 1991 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992.
SIMILAR WORKS FOR
OUT IN PLANNED FOR EXPANSION AREA AND IN
THE NEW APRONS
CARRIED WILL BE ENGINEERING WORKS WHICH ARE PARALLEL WITH THE CIVIL COMPLETION IN MID-1992 FOR THE NORTH-EASTERN 1993 FOR THE SOUTHERN EXPANSION AREA.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE COST INSTALLATION WILL BE MORE THAN $110 MILLION.
FOR THE
EQUIPMENT
AND
LEGISLATION TO
PREPARING IN ADDITION, THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO FURTHER CONTROL THE NOISE GENERATED BY APRON ACTIVITIES. THE INCLUDE:
MEASURES
EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU)
NEW CONTROLLED AREA TO THE
APRON EXPANSION AREAS WITHIN WHICH APU OPERATIONS ARE COMPLETELY PROHIBITED AT NIGHT;
MANDATORY USE OF FIXED GROUND POWER;
PROHIBITION OF ENGINE GROUND RUNS IN THE EVENING WITHIN THE APRON EXTENSION AREA; AND
AND NIGHT
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RELOCATION OF ENGINE GROUND RUNS AT NIGHT FROM THE THE NULLAH.
EAST OF
THE NEW LEGISLATION IS PLANNED TO
BE
BROUGHT INTO FORCE IN
1991.
/ENGINE GROUND