CO129-502-4 Acquisition of Kai Tak for an aerodrome- provision of funds 11-1-1927 - 12-5-1927 — Page 100

Copy

.

Butter

to Appending

103

ital

h.5

E. CLOSURE H

Report by the Director of Public Works.

Honourable Colonial Secretary,

I forward a plan in duplicate shewing the

area proposed to be resumed from the Kai Tak Company

coloured BUFF. Negotiations for the purchase of

this area are in hand.

2. The area remaining to be reclaimed to

complete the reclamation is hatched in BLUE and is

estimated as stated in paragraph 16 of (7) to cost

£738,000.00.

3. The area "A" recommended by Wing Commander

Leckie for a Commercial Aerodrome is edged in RED

with the flight gaps hatched in RED at 'B', 'D', &

'C'.

-

4. It will be noted that the area 'A' exceeds

that of the previously suggested area, being 780 yds.

X 875 yds. and is not as large as some of the Civil

& Military aerodrome mentioned in Wing Commander

Leckie's notes but, in addition the flight gaps

are provided to give increased lengths of run.

5. The cost of this aerodrome area 'A'

containing 5,423,100 sq.ft. or 124.58 acres in

accordance with the new recommendations is estimated

to be (at the rate of 23.5 cts per sq.ft) 1,275,000.00

to which must be added the cost of covering in the

nullahs as now asked for viz. 2275,000.00 making a

total of

1,550,000.00.

6. It will be noted that the flight gap at 'D'

is not within the area to be resumed from the Kai

Tak Company and will need to be acquired separately.

The

12-15909

Page 100Page 101