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Proposals for an International

Airport in Hong Kong.

The construction of a military

Mairfield at. Ping Shan was-approved by the

Chiefs of Staff in January and Treasury 'ap-

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proval in principle, together with an

initial grant of £150,000, was obtained,

and

the preparation of the site was put in hand.

Doubt was, however, then thrown upon the

the suitability of/Ping Shan site and a Mission,

headed by Air Commodore Darley, was sent to

Hong Kong in February in order to determine

whether a superior site were not available.

This Mission suggested an

alternative site called Deep Bey at an

estimated cost of £3,826,500 for the

construction of one runway 3,170 yds. by

100 yds. with dual taxiway, and an

additional cost of £1,300,000 for the

construction of a second runway 2,700

yds. by 100 yds.

The estimated time for the

construction of one runway was thirty months

It was

from the beginning of the work. the duction the site agreed that delay a Deep Bay would militete to inviter delay in

agine the construction of an airfield these,

but it was felt that be acceptable

in view of the greatly superior airfield

that would result.

In April, the decision was taken

that there was no longer a current military

requirement for a V.H.B. airfield in Hong

Kong and that Kai Tak airfield, if suitably

developed, would meet military requirements

for