WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1994
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ADDITIONAL RUNWAY EXIT FOR AIRPORT
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AN ADDITIONAL RUNWAY EXIT WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO SHORTEN THE AVERAGE RUNWAY OCCUPATION TIME BY AIRCRAFT AND THEREBY INCREASE THE RUNWAY CAPACITY BY ACCOMMODATING AVERAGE ONE ADDITIONAL FLIGHT MOVEMENT PER HOUR.
ON
ΤΟ REALISE THIS OBJECTIVE, THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT WILL APPLY TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR AN ALLOCATION OF $11.5 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW AIRCRAFT PAVEMENT AND THE INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL TAXIWAY LIGHTS.
AT A PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING HELD THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING, MEMBERS HAD ACCEPTED THE PROJECT IN PRINCIPLE SUBJECT ΤΟ FORMAL APPROVAL BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE LATER NEXT MONTH (DECEMBER).
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AT PRESENT, THERE ARE TWO EXISTING EXITS AT THE SEAWARD END THE RUNWAY AT THE AIRPORT BUT THEY ARE NOT LOCATED IN AN OPTIMUM POSITION.
THE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY CARRYING OUT IMPROVEMENTS то THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM AT THE AIRPORT TO MATCH THE RUNWAY CAPACITY BY UPGRADING AND REPLACING EQUIPMENT FOR AIR NAVIGATIONAL AIDS AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, AS WELL AS EXPANDING THE RADAR DATA PROCESSING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM.
COMPLEMENT THE
THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL RUNWAY EXIT WILL IMPROVED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM, AND WILL HELP INCREASE RUNWAY CAPACITY TO COPE WITH THE GROWING DEMAND FOR AIR TRAFFIC.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT WITH THE NEW RUNWAY EXIT AND THE AIR
CONTROL TRAFFIC
IMPROVEMENTS NOW UNDERWAY, AN AVERAGE OF ONE ADDITIONAL FLIGHT PER HOUR CAN BE ACCOMMODATED.
THE PROPOSED WORKS IS SCHEDULED TO START NEXT MONTH FOR COMPLETION IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.
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FURTHER STEPS TO PROTECT MARINE ENVIRONMENT
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WHICH AIMS
AND OIL
AT
MARINE
THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING A FURTHER STEP POLLUTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT BY ELIMINATING POLLUTION, ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR JOHN TSE YAN-CH1, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE
1 AND
II
"AS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION (IMO) AND PARTY ANNEX
INTERNATIONAL TO THE CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS 1973 (MARPOL),
DECISION AND ADHERE ΤΟ HONG KONG IS OBLIGED TO ADOPT IMO'S REQUIREMENTS AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE, MR TSE SAID.
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MARPOL
THE GOVERNMENT IS THEREFORE PROPOSED TO INTRODUCE THE SHIPPING (PREVENTION OF OIL POLLUTION) (AMENDMENT) REGULATION 1994 AND MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (DANGEROUS
AND MARINE POLLUTANTS) VFRSION OF REGULATION TO INCORPORATED THE AMENDED
THE ANNEX 1 TO MARPOL AND TO IMPLEMENT MARPOL ANNEX III.
MERCHANT
GOODS
/THE MARPOL