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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1992
EXCEPTIONAL
BUT IN PRACTICE SUCH PERMISSION WAS GIVEN ONLY IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH COULD NOT HAVE BEEN REASONABLY FORESEEN AIRCRAFT OPERATOR, SHE ADDED.
THE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDE :
BY THE
MALFUNCTIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION AIDS;
OR UNSERVICEABILITY
OF
*
DISRUPTION OF NORMAL OPERATIONS AT THE AERODROME OF
ORIGIN
OR DESTINATION;
*
CLOSURES OF AIRSPACE OR AIR TRAFFIC CONGESTION;
DISRUPTION TO NORMAL AIRPORT AND AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS DUE
WAR, BOMB THREATS, INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE, SEARCH
FLIGHTS, AND MEDICAL EVACUATION; AND
TO
AND RESCUE
ΤΟ OPERATIONS DUE
ADVERSE
WEATHER
DISRUPTION CONDITIONS.
OF NORMAL
"FOR
REASONS IT IS NOT EXPECTED THESE
THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDINGS OR TAKE-OFFS DURING CURFEW HOURS WILL PROPORTION TO THE GENERAL INCREASE IN AIR TRAFFIC,
THE
SECRETARY
SAID
STATISTICS
INDICATED
OF NUMBER INCREASE IN
SHE ADDED.
THAT
WHILE TOTAL 1990 AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS HAD INCREASED THREE PER CENT FROM 105,000 IN
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6.30 AM HAD TO 109,000 LAST YEAR, MOVEMENTS ACTUALLY DECREASED EIGHT PER CENT FROM 392 IN 1990 TO 360 LAST YEAR.
WILL
OPERATIONS
"I CAN ASSURE MEMBERS THAT THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A TIGHT CONTROL OVER THE APPROVAL OF DURING THE CURFEW HOURS.
TAK BECOMES
"HAVING SAID THIS, IT IS INEVITABLE THAT, AS KAÏ MORE AND MORE HEAVILY USED, THE DEMAND FOR DEPARTURE SLOTS IN THE LATE EVENING WILL INCREASE," SHE ADDED.
MRS
CHAN SAID
RESIDENTS ULTIMATE RELIEF TO
LIVING
IN
THE
VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT WOULD COME ONLY WHEN KAI TAK CLOSED DOWN,
ADDED THAT
EVERY
EFFORT WAS
THEREFORE
SHE COMPLETE THE NEW AIRPORT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
BEING
MADR
TO
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