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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
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Tuesday, November 14, 1972
NEW RADAR SYSTEM FOR HONG KONG AIRPORT
A new radar system will be installed at the Hong Kong Airport to
ensure continued efficient and safe handling of all the air traffic expected
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in the foreseeable future.
Called the Secondary Surveillance Radar, this new system is introduced
as the final phase of a three-stage development plan.
The first stage involved mainly the rationalization of the workload of
the air traffic controllers and improvement of their working conditions and
has now been in operation for several months,
The second stage provides for new radio navigational aids and improvements
to the existing primary surveillance radar to expand the capability of the
present air traffic control system.
Three of the projects of this stage have already been completed and
the remaining two are currently in hand.
With the installation of the Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) and the
equipping of the new Air Traffic Control Centre in the final stage, air traffic
controllers will be able to handle more safely a greater number of aircraft and
obtain more accurate information on the radar position of aircraft at ranges up
to and in excess of 200 miles.
The SSR system
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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