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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1991
NEW AIRPORT FULLY COMPLIES WITH INT'L SAFETY STANDARD
THE NEW AIRPORT IS BEING PLANNED ΤΟ OPERATE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED SAFETY STANDARDS.
THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON ANSON CHAN, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON POON CHI-FAI.
MRS CHAN SAID NO FACTOR WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SAFETY IN PLANNING AND OPERATING AN AIRPORT, ADDING THAT IT WAS ON THIS FUNDAMENTAL PREMISE THAT THE PLANNING OF CHEK LAP KOK AND THE OPERATION OF KAI TAK WAS BASED.
MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE WORLD AUTHORITY ON AVIATION. SAFETY STANDARDS AND PRACTICES WAS THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION (THE ICAO).
"UNDER THE RELEVANT ICAO TECHNICAL GUIDELINES, THE HILLS IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH OF THE NEW AIRPORT COULD CONSTITUTE AN OBSTACLE IF FLIGHT OPERATIONS WERE TO TAKE PLACE IN THAT AREA.
"BUT WITH EXCELLENT ACCESS TO THE NORTH, EAST AND WEST OF THE AIRPORT THERE IS NO NEED FOR ANY FLIGHT OPERATIONS TO TAKE PLACE THERE; THE HIGH GROUND INVOLVED DOES NOT, THEREFORE, CONSTITUTE ANY THREAT TO THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE AIRPORT, MRS CHAN SAID.
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MRS CHAN NOTED THAT SOME MINOR TERRAIN REMOVAL MIGHT BE NECESSARY FROM HIGH GROUND MUCH FURTHER AWAY AND TO THE EAST OF THE AIRPORT ON NORTH LANTAU AND IN THE TAI LAM CHUNG COUNTRY PARK.
"THIS WILL BE CARRIED OUT IF THE AIRPORT MASTER PLANNERS RECOMMEND THAT IT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO COMPLY FULLY WITH THE RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL SAFETY GUIDELINES," MRS CHAN SAID.
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION UNDER STUDY
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POSITION STUDIES,
THE GOVERNMENT WOULD WISH TO REACH AN INFORMED POLICY ON ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION ON THE BASIS OF DETAILED THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON J.D. MCGREGOR, SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD INFORMED THE COUNCIL WHEN CONCLUDING THE SECOND READING DEBATE ON THE HONG KONG BILL OF RIGHTS BILL 1991 ON JUNE 5, 1991 THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD ALREADY STARTED CONSIDERATION OF THE QUESTION OF ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION FOR HONG KONG.
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