WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990
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TO AIRPORT WOULD REACH UNLESS THE GOVERNMENT
WITH THE NEW AIRPORT TO PUSH AHEAD GIVING THE RATIONALE PROJECT, MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT ACCORDING MODEST RATES OF GROWTH, BOTH THE PORT AND THE CAPACITY WITHIN THE NEXT SIX YEARS OR SOONER, TOOK STEPS TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR EXPANSION.
WAS
LANTAU
"OF THE FORTY OR SO DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES CONSIDERED, IT THAT BASED ON AN AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK AND PORT EXPANSION ON WHICH PERFORMED BEST AGAINST FIVE KEY TESTS," MRS CHAN SAID.
THE FIVE KEY TESTS WERE:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
ΤΟ HONG
ITS CONTRIBUTION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE. THAT IS: KONG'S LONG-TERM AND CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT. THAT IS: ITS EFFECT ON THE QUALITY OF THE PHYSICAL, LIVING AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT;
PROGRAMMING. THAT IS: ITS AMENABILITY TO IMPLEMENTATION INCREMENTAL STAGES ACCORDING TO DEMAND;
FLEXIBILITY AND ROBUSTNESS. THAT IS: ITS ABILITY WITH VARIATIONS IN FUTURE DEMANDS; AND
IN
TO COPE
(5)
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. THAT IS: ITS ABILITY TO OPTIMAL BALANCE OF PARTICIPATION BY THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS AND THE OPTIMAL IMPLEMENTATION OF WORKS IN VIEW OF FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS.
PROVIDE AN
SAID:
"WELL
HAD,
SINCE
BEST
SITE
FOR
A
RECALLING THE DECISION ON CHEK LAP KOK, MRS CHAN BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS REDEFINED TO INCLUDE THE PORT, WE THE
BEEN 1970'S,
SEEKING TO IDENTIFY THE EARLY REPLACEMENT AIRPORT.
PLANNING BEEN
IN 1973, THE ORIGINAL AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEM LONG-TERM INVESTIGATION HAD STUDIED AN INITIAL LIST OF 30 SITES, WHICH HAD SUBSEQUENTLY REDUCED, BY STAGES, TO A SHORTLIST OF SIX.
THE SIX PROPOSED SITES WERE:
*
TOLO CHANNEL AT THE ENTRANCE TO TOLO HARBOUR IN THE NEW TERRITORIES;
EASTERN
A RECLAMATION SITE TO THE WEST OF LAMMA ISLAND;
*
A RECLAMATION SITE TO THE EAST OF CHEUNG CHAU;
A
RECLAMATION SITE OF NIM WAN IN DEEP BAY, OFFSHORE AND THE NORTH OF BLACK POINT;
TO
A RECLAMATION SITE IN THE SHAM CHUN RIVER DELTA, ADJACENT TO THE BORDER; AND, LASTLY,
CHEK LAP KOK.
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