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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1991
"I AM SURE YOUR ASSOCIATION'S EFFORTS SINCE ITS INCEPTION EIGHT YEARS AGO HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN THESE ADVANCES,
"I HE SAID.
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ADDITIONAL WORK AREAS FOR NEW AIRPORT APPROVED
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MODIFICATION
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THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS APPROVED WITHOUT PROPOSAL OF RECLAMATION AND ASSOCIATED WORKS OF ABOUT 497 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED IN THE VICINITY OF CHEK LAP KOK FOR THE NEW AIRPORT AND RELATED DEVELOPMENTS.
A NOTICE TO THIS EFFECT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
THESE AREAS ARE ADDITIONAL TO THE AREA OF ABOUT 1,900 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED PREVIOUSLY AUTHORISED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL IN JULY THIS YEAR FOR AIRPORT WORKS TO TAKE PLACE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WORKS BRANCH EXPLAINED THAT THE ADDITIONAL AREAS INVOLVED COVERED 112 HECTARES ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE NEW AIRPORT AND A TRIANGULAR AREA OF ABOUT 385 HECTARES TO THE EAST OF IT.
THE 112 HECTARES ARE REQUIRED FOR RECLAMATION то ACCOMODATE THE WIDER RUNWAY SEPARATION OF THE NEW AIRPORT. THE SEABED OF THE TRIANGULAR AREA OF 385 HECTARES WILL BE LOWERED BY DREDGING ALLOW FOR DEEPER MARINE ACCESS.
WORKS TO
BEEN MET (WWF) ON
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROPOSAL ON SUCH WORKS HAD WITH A SINGLE OBJECTION FROM THE WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE THE GROUNDS OF POSSIBLE ADVERSE ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. THE OBJECTION HAS NOT BEEN WITHDRAWN.
SINCE THE OBJECTION ARISES FROM THE AIRPORT PROJECT AS A WHOLE AND THE RECLAMATION AND DREDGING UNDER THE PROPOSAL CANNOT BE MODIFIED OR CONDITIONED ΤΟ MEET THE OBJECTION, THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH SUCH WORKS WITHOUT MODIFICATION.
APPROVAL LEAD ΤΟ
THIS HAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE AND URGENCY OF THE NEW AIRPORT AND RELATED PROJECTS FOR WHICH IF WERE NOT GIVEN OR NOT APPROVED IN FULL, IT WOULD INEVITABLY EITHER THE AIRPORT BEING UNABLE TO BE COMPLETED TO ITS MAXIMUM POSSIBLE OR A DELAY OF ITS OPENING.
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