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SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1982

AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT ATTRACTS OVERSEAS PLANNERS

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THE SUCCESS OF THE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND ITS ESTABLISHED RECORD OF EFFICIENCY IN OPERATION HAVE DRAWN THE ATTENTION OF MANY AIRPORT PLANNERS AND OPERATORS AS WELL AS OTHERS INVOLVED IN AIRPORT PLANNING STUDIES.

AND TWO SUCH DELEGATIONS WILL BE ARRIVING LATER THIS MONTH TO OBTAIN FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ON THE AIRPORT. ONE OF THEM WILL COME FROM THE REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE OTHER FROM JAPAN.

THE GERMAN GROUP, WHICH COMPRISES THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, THE DIRECTOR OF AVIATION AND THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING OF MUNICH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WILL ARRIVE ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 19).

IT HAS STATED ITS INTEREST IN SEEING THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT- THE MAJOR PART OF THE $600 MILLION STAGE 4 DEVELOPMENT - WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 1974.

THE GROUP WILL ALSO HOLD DISCUSSIONS ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST WITH THE PLANNING STAFF OF THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT.

THE 17-MEMBER JAPANESE DELEGATION, ARRIVING HERE ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 22), IS SENT BY THE WAKAYAMA PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT TO SEE THE PLANNING AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE AIRPORT.

THE DELEGATION IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT FOR STUDYING THE EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED NEIGHBOURING KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THEIR COMMUNITY.

SALT WATER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION

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SALT WATER SUPPLY TO CERTAIN AREAS IN THE KOWLOON TONG DISTRICT WILL BE CUT OFF FOR EIGHT HOURS FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM ON WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 20) TO FACILITATE CLEANING OF THE SALT WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR.

THE AFFECTED AREAS WILL INCLUDE THE NORTHERN PART OF CORNWALL STREET TO BEACON HILL ROAD, BROADCAST DRIVE AND LUNG CHEUNG COURT.

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