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Tuesday, August 22, 1972

CIVIL AVIATION LONG TERM PLANNING STUDY BEING CONSIDERED

Feasibility Of Second Airport To Be Included

The Government is considering undertaking a long-term planning study

to find out just how far it must go to satisfy civil aviation needs in the

19801a and 1990's, without affecting Hong Kong's economic life or the people's

well-being.

Disclosing this today, the Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. T.R. Thomson,

said a study carried out in 1970 indicated that Hong Kong Airport would reach

"complete saturation" at the peak periods around 1980-82.

He was giving a talk on "Government involvement in civil aviation"

at a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong at the Mandarin Hotel.

Mr. Thomson pointed to the possible problems confronting the future

of Hong Kong's air transport system and spoke of the past and present development

programmes at the airport, as well as outlining the work and objectives of his

department.

By 1980-82, he said, Hong Kong might expect to be handling a total

of about 150,000 aircraft movements, including 71,000 scheduled international

aircraft movements, some seven million passengers and around 500,000 metric

tons of air cargo.

"This