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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1992
APPOINTMENT OF AIRPORT AUTHORITY CHAIRMAN EXPLAINED
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IT WAS NOT PROPOSED TO CONSIDER FOR APPOINTMENT AS CHAIRMAN AIRPORT AUTHORITY ANY PERSON WHO HAD A MAJOR AND DIRECT BUSINESS INTEREST IN THE NEW AIRPORT, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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"HOWEVER, IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO ESTABLISH ANY HARD AND FAST RULES SUCH AS ELIMINATING FROM CONSIDERATION ANY PERSON WHO HAD AN NTEREST, HOWEVER REMOTE AND MINOR, IN THE NEW AIRPORT, MRS CHAN SAID IN A REPLY TO A WRITTEN QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU WAI-HING AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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"IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO CONSIDER THE EXTENT AND SIGNIFICANCE ANY INVOLVEMENT AND WHETHER SUCH INVOLVEMENT CREATES ANY REAL UNRESOLVABLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST," SHE ADDED.
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CHEK LAP KOK CAPABLE OF HANDLING FUTURE GENERATIONS OF AIRCRAFT
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CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT IS BEING PLANNED AS AN AIRPORT FOR THE FUTURE WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF AIRCRAFT WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BEING AN OPERATIONALLY SAFE, EFFICIENT AND ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, IN A REPLY TO A WRITTEN QUESTION BY DR
THE HON JAMUEL WONG AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT ON THE BASIS OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT KNEW AT PRESENT ABOUT DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS OF THE SECOND GENERATION SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT, IT WAS LIKELY THAT THESE AIRCRAFT WOULD BE POWERED BY ENGINES WHOSE NOISE EMISSIONS WOULD BE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE NOISE STANDARDS CURRENTLY SET BY THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION.
"FOR SUCH AIRCRAFT TO BE A COMMERCIALLY VIABLE PROPOSITION, THE MANUFACTURERS WILL, NO DOUBT, HAVE CONSIDERABLE INCENTIVE TO MAKE THEM ENVIRONMENTALLY AND OPERATIONALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE WORLD'S MAJOR AIRPORTS, OF WHICH CHEK LAP KOK WILL BE ONE.
"FOR THESE REASONS THE NOISE GENERATED ON LANDING AND TAKE-OFF BY SUCH AIRCRAFT IS EXPECTED TO BE SIMILAR TO THAT GENERATED BY THE MOST MODERN SUBSONIC AIRCRAFT SUCH AS THE BOEING 747-400, MD-11 AND AIRBUS 320 CURRENTLY FLYING INTO HONG KONG.
"NO SPECIAL STEPS ARE ENVISAGED TO BE NEEDED то MAKE THEM COMPATIBLE WITH CHEK LAP KOK, MRS CHAN ADDED.
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