TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1987
AIRPORT STUDIES TO BEGIN LATER THIS YEAR
A STUDY OF THE ULTIMATE CAPACITY
OF HONG KONG
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT (HKIA) BY A CONSULTANT IS TO START LATER THIS YEAR.
TODAY
(TUSADAY)
THAT
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN REVEALED NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CONSULTANT SELECTED TO CARRY OUT THE STUDY EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY WITH A VIEW TO THE STUDY BEING THE FINAL QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WITH COMPLETION SOME 10 MONTHS LATER.
"ASSUMING WE CAN
ADHERE TO
WERE LAUNCHED IN
THE THIS TIMETABLE",
SPOKESMAN OF 1988 HOW MANY MORE ADDED, "THE GOVERNMENT WILL KNOW BY THE END
WHETHER ANY MORE CAN ARE LEFT IN IKIA AND
BE YEARS OF LIFE THERE ADDED TO IT BY EXPANDING THE AIRPORT AREA.
POSITIVELY,
A POSITION TO ADDRESS "WE WILL THEREFORE BE IN A PROBABLY IN 1989 OR 1990, THE QUESTION OF A REPLACEMENT AIRPORT.
AND ON THE BASIS OF "CERTAINLY, AS MATTERS STAND,
PRESENT THAT HONO KONG WILL REQUIRE A PROJECTIONS OF DEMAND, IT IS CLEAR REPLACEMENT AIRPORT. THE QUESTION IS WHERE AND WHEN.
W
OF
AND THE CONSULTANT
ΤΟ DEAL TO SUPERVISE THE WORK
WITH AN PLANNING MATTERS RELATED TO THE QUESTION OF A REPLACEMENT AIRPORT,
SHORTLY WITHIN THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STUDIES UNIT IS TO BE SET UP CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT.
IN THIS CONNECTION, THE
GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT INTERESTED GOVERNMENT ASPECTS OF THE HOPEWELL LANTAU STRATEGIC THE CHEK LAP KOK
THE NEW UNIT WOULD, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, CONCERN ITSELF WITH THE AIRPORT CONSORTIUM'S PROPOSAL ON WESTERN HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO BE RE-EXAMINING THE PLAN FOR AIRPORT, WHICH WAS SHELVED FOUR YEARS AGO.
AIRPORT AND A TAKE
FINALLY, THE SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED THAT FUTURE HONG KONG
FACILITIES EXPANDED
AT KAI TAK DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR BOTH REPLACEMENT AIRPORT (WHEREVER THAT WOULD BE SITED) WOULD HAVE TO
THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES INTO ACCOUNT THE PLAN RECENTLY ANNOUNCED BY TO BUILD AN AIRPORT AT BAISHIZHOU,
"ON SUCH MATTERS AS
FLIGHT PATHS AND
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, THERE MUST INEVITABLY BE LIAISION AND CO-OPERATION" HE SAID.
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