XN000022-1974-05-03 — Page 2

FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1974

RUNWAY EXTENSION IN USE IN A FEW WEEKS,

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THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROHIBITED ELRY AREA SURROUNDING THE APPALACHES TO THE ALLPORT RUNWAY AT KAI TAK HAVE BEEN REVISED TU ENSURE THE SAFETY OF SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT WHEN THE EXTENDED RUNWAY COMES INTO OPERATION LATER THIS MONTH.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROHIBITED ANCHORAGE IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN APPROACHES TO THE RUNWAY HAVE ALSO BEEN AMENDED ALONG WITH THOSE OF THE KOWLOON BAY QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE, AND THE HUNG HOM FAIRWAY EXTENDED EASTWARDS.

THE NEW ARRANGEHENTS, CONTAINED IN THE MERCHANT SHIPPING CCONTROL OF PORTS) CAMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1974, ARE EFFECTIVE FROM TODAY (FRIDAY). THE EXTENDED RUNWAY IS SCHEDULED TO COME INTU OPERATION ON MAY 16 AND BY THAT TIME MARINE TRAFFIC WILL

BE FULLY CONVERSANT WITH THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THE REALIG...MENTS VERE NECESSARY BECAUSE PART OF THE PRESENT KOWLOON BAY QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE LIES WITHIN THE RANGE OF AN INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) GLIDE PATH EQUIPMENT WHICH IS TO BE INSTALLED IN THE SOUTH-CASTERN END OF THE EXTENDED RUNWAY PROMUNTURY.

THIS EQUIPMENT SENDS OUT ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNALS WHICH INDICATE TO THE PILOT WHETHER THE PLANE IS FLYING WITHIN THE · CORRECT GLIDE PATH, AND HELPS HIM TO LAND OR TAKEOFF SAFELY, HE SAID.

AS THE RADIO SIGNALS CAN BE DISTORTED BY METAL OBJECTS, SUCH AS THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF ̧A'VESSEL WHICH PROTRUDES ABOVE A PREDETEKAINED ANGLE TO THE EQUIPMENT, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ANCHORAGE ARE BEING REVISED TO KEEP SHIPS AT A SAFE DISTANCE SO AS TO ELIMINATE INTERFERENCE.

THE REVISION OF THE PROHIBITED ANCHORAGE ON THE OTHER HAND TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE REQUIREMENT BY THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION FOR A SAFE APPROACH AND TAKE-OFF CLIMB AREA/SURFACE FOLLOWING THE EXTENSION OF THE RUNWAY.

THE KOWLOON BAY QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE IS NOW RENAMED EASTERN QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE. THE NEW PROHIBITED ANCHORAGE NOW EXTENDS FROM THE EASTERN EXTREMITY OF THE REVISED PROHIBITED ENTRY AREA IN A SOUTH-EASTERLY DIRECTION TO LEI YUE MUN.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE HUNG HOM FAIRWAY IS EXTENDED EAST- WARDS AND A NEW EASTERN FAIRWAY IS ESTABLISHED TO ENSURE THAT VESSELS APPROACHING THE PURT THROUGH LEI YUE HUN DO NOT INZENFERE WITH THE FLIGHT PATH OF AIRCRAFT USING THE RUNWAY.

THESE REGULATIONS ALSO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DANGEROUS GOODS ACHORAGE AT JUNK BAY. THE ANCHORAGE WILL BE USED AS A HULDING AREA FÜR SHIPS WHICH HAVE SUFFERED DAMAGE AND ON WHICH A SERIOUS RISK OF FIRE, EXPLOSION OR POLLUTION STILL EXIST.

VESSELS INTENDED FOR DEMOLITION BUT WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN GAS FREED MAY ALSO BE HELD IN THIS ANCHORAGE. MARINE DEPARTMENT NOTICES AND NOTICES TO MARINERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED TU ADVISE SHIPS USING THE HARBOUR OF THESE NEW ARRANGEMENTS.

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