THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1990
NEW AIRPORT PROJECT WITHIN HONG KONG'S CAPABILITIES
HONG KONG'S NEW AIRPORT AND RELATED WORKS WITHIN HONG KONG'S PROVEN CAPABILITIES.
ARE ACHIEVABLE AND
THAT WAS THE MESSAGE TODAY (THURSDAY) FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MISS ELAINE CHUNG, AS SHE OPENED
THE HONG KONG AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT EXHIBITION.
SPEAKING AT THE CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, SHE SAID THE AIRPORT WAS ESSENTIAL TO THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF HONG KONG AS A WORLD AND REGIONAL CENTRE FOR FINANCE, TRADE, MANUFACTURING AND TOURISM.
SHE POINTED OUT THAT EVERYTHING POSSIBLE HAD BEEN, AND WAST
THE BEING DONE TO EXPAND
EXISTING AIRPORT, BUT EVEN AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE $3.6 BILLION PACKAGE OF EXPANSION WORKS NOW IN HAND, AS THERE WAS A REAL RISK THAT THE AIRPORT WOULD BE SATURATED AS EARLY 1994.
CONSULTANTS HAVE ESTIMATED THAT IF KAI TAK WERE SATURATED IN SUFFER 1996 AND NO REPLACEMENT AIRPORT WERE PROVIDED, HONG KONG WOULD ECONOMIC DISBENEFITS FROM LOST BUSINESS OF ABOUT $100 BILLION IN THE 14 YEARS BETWEEN THEN AND 2010.
"THE NEW AIRPORT IS GOING TO BE BUILT, MISS CHUNG STRESSED.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE
"THE
AIRPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT IS NO LONGER AN IDEA, A ALTERNATIVE, A 'MAY BE," SHE SAID.
ITS
RELATED
PROPOSAL,
AN
"ANYONE WHO IS AT THIS STAGE ASKING: 'WILL IT REALLY GO AHEAD?" IS ASKING TO BE LEFT REALLY FAR BEHIND, SHE ADDED.
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MUCH OF THE WORK GOING ON AT THE MOMENT MAY NOT BE IMMEDIATELY
APPARENT то PUBLIC VIEW, BUT THAT SITUATION WILL SOON CHANGE
DRAMATICALLY.
AMONG THE TENDERS EXPECTED TO BE INVITED THIS YEAR ARE THOSE
ΤΕΙ FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE YAU MA
TYPHOON
AN SHELTER,
ADVANCED WORKS FOR THE AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK AND
FIRST PHASE OF WEST
KOWLOON RECLAMATION.
THE
FINANCE,
TSING
IN SEPTEMBER, PROPOSALS WILL BE INVITED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING BETWEEN YI AND LANTAU ISLAND UNDER A FRANCHISE ARRANGEMENT.
IN
THEMSELVES.
FOR
MISS CHUNG POINTED OUT THAT MANY OF THE COMPONENT PROJECTS THE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT ARE LARGE AND COMPLEX
THEY PRESENT CHALLENGING ENGINEERING AND SCHEDULING PROBLEMS, WHICH ARE COMPOUNDED BY THE CLOSE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BOTH PHYSICALLY AND FINANCIALLY BETWEEN THE PROJECTS.
/"THESE REQUIREMENTS