FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1994
AMENDMENT BILL ON AIRCRAFT NOISE CONTROL
ΤΟ REQUIRE
THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS AIRCRAFT LANDING AND TAKING OFF AT THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO CONFORM TO MORE STRINGENT AIRCRAFT NOISE STANDARDS.
THE CIVIL AVIATION DETAILS OF THE PROPOSALS ARE CONTAINED IN (AIRCRAFT NOISE) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1994 GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS MONTH.
CIVIL
LATER
UNDER THE
ORDINANCE THE AVIATION
NOISE) (AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF AT THE AIRPORT MUST OPERATORS OF AIRCRAFT LANDING AND
OR OTHER DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE PRODUCE RECOGNISED CERTIFICATION,
SET DOWN IN SHOWING THAT THE AIRCRAFT COMPLIES WITH NOISE STANDARDS
ΤΟ 16 ANNEX
THR CONVENTION ON CHAPTER 2 OF
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL
AVIATION.
CHAPTER 3 OF THE
ANNEX
PRESCRIBES MORE
BY
STRINGENT STANDARDS THAN THOSE IN CHAPTER 2 WHICH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, CAN ONLY BE MET NEWER MODELS OF AIRCRAFT.
SAID THAT SOME ON A REGULAR BASIS,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT 90 PER CENT OF THE AIRCRAFT USING THE AIRPORT, ALREADY CONFORMED TO THE HIGHER CHAPTER 3 STANDARDS.
"ENACTMENT OF THE AMENDMENT
PHASING
THE WAY
AIRCRAFT,
FOR A IN AVIATION
PAVE BILL WILL OF THE OUT
NOISIER PROGRESSIVE
TYPES OF ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDELINES ISSUED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL ORGANISATION," HE SAID.
GOVERNOR WITH POWERS CHAPTER 3 NOISE STANDARDS
SPECIFICALLY, THE BILL WILL PROVIDE THE
MEET TO PROHIBIT AIRCRAFT WHICH FAIL TO FROM LANDING AND TAKING OFF IN HONG KONG.
OR
WILL ALL
IN THE FIRST PHASE, ALL AIRCRAFT ON THE HONG KONG REGISTER OWNED, OPERATED, OR LEASED BY HONG KONG INDIVIDUALS OR COMPANIES
ΤΟ EXTENDED BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY. THE AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING FOREIGN AIRCRAFT, AT A LATER DATE.
REQUIREMENT WILL
BE
SECRETARY APPOINTED TO WHITEHEAD INQUIRY
* * * * *
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT THURSDAY'S OF MR ANTHONY BENNETT AS SECRETARY TO AN INQUIRY INTO LAST OPERATION IN THE WHITEHEAD DETENTION CENTRE. ALL THE SUPPORT STAFF REQUIRED.
UNTIL RECENTLY, MR BENNETT WAS STANDING COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES.
MR BENNETT WILL BE GIVEN
SECRETARY
OF GENERAL
THE
/MEANWHILE, THE