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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1983

AIRPORT EXPANSION WORK EXPECTED TO START NEXT YEAR

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DETAILED DRAWINGS ON HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT'S STAGE V DEVELOPMENT ARE BEING PREPARED TO ENSURE THAT MAJOR WORKS OF THE PROJECT WILL START IN THE LATTER HALF OF 1984.

MR TREVOR OLIVER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/TECHNICAL AND PLANNING, OF THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT, SAID THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT THE PROJECT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED IN TIME TO MEET THE AIR PASSENGER TRAFFIC NEEDS OF THE MID TO LATE 1980'S.

MR OLIVER EXPRESSED THIS CONFIDENCE IN A PRESENTATION JUST MADE TO THE AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (ACC) OF THE

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION.

THE COMMITTEE, COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HEAD OFFICES OF VARIOUS MAJOR AIRLINES, MEETS REGULARLY IN HONG KONG WITH THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE #TSELF AND TO COMMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT AT KAI TAK.

+OUR AIM IS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE PASSENGER HANDLING FACILITIES FOR FORECAST TRAFFIC LEVELS UP TO THE EARLY 1990'S, MR OLIVER SAID.

+ IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THE FORM AND EXTENT OF THE STAGE V DEVELOPMENT HAS NOW BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR AN EXPENDITURE OF THE ORDER OF $273 MILLION, AND THIS IS IN NO SMALL WAY DUE TO THE CONTINUING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE, HE ADDED.

UNDER THE STAGE V SCHEME, THE TERMINAL BUILDING WILL BE EXTENDED EASTWARDS OVER THE EXISTING COACH PARK AND INTO THE AREA NOW OCCUPIED BY THE STORES BUILDINGS, WHICH WILL BE REPROVIDED ELSEWHERE AT THE AIRPORT.

AT DEPARTURES LEVEL, TWO NEW CHECK-IN ISLANDS WILL BE PROVIDED, RAISING THE NUMBER OF CHECK-IN DESKS BY 60 TO A TOTAL OF 176 IN THE ENTIRE BUILDING,

THE DEPARTURES LEVEL ROADWAY WILL ALSO BE EXTENDED TO PROVIDE INCREASED KERB LENGTH DIRECTLY SERVING THE EXTENSION.

THE NUMBER OF OUTWARD IMMIGRATION DESKS WILL ALSO BE INCREASED TO MATCH THE TRAFFIC FLOWS, AND THE AIRSIDE LOUNGE AREA WILL BE EXPANDED.

THROUGHOUT THE STAGE V DEPARTURES LEVEL, ADDITIONAL PREMISES FOR SHOPS, CAFES, MONEY CHANGERS AND OTHER FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED. IT IS ALSO HOPED THAT FURTHER RESTAURANT FACILITIES ON THE ROOF OF STAGE V WILL BE OFFERED.

AT ARRIVALS LEVEL, INBOUND IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS CHECK ENG FACILITIES WILL BE EXPANDED AND TWO NEW BAGGAGE RECLAIM UNITS WILL BE PROVIDED.

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