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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1988

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WILL PRESENT A CLEAR

WHICH IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE REPORT, CONCLUSION ON THE OVERALL FEASIBILITY AND LIKELY BENEFITS OF A CENTRE, WILL BE READY BY THE END OF APRIL NEXT YEAR.

MR LEUNG SAID THE CONSULTANT WILL CARRY OUT EXTENSIVE

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND CONSULTATIONS WITH

ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED WITH TECHNOLOGY-BASED BUSINESSES THAT OF THE PROPOSED CENTRE.

ARE POTENTIAL USERS

IN JANUARY, THE CONSULTANT WILL MANUFACTURERS TO ESTABLISH THE SHOULD PROVIDE AND THE LIKELY DEMAND FOR SUCH SERVICES.

CONDUCT INTERVIEWS KIND OF SERVICES WHICH

WITH THE CENTRE

OF

RANGING EXISTENCE,

FROM

INTERVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH OVER 100 SMALL-MEDIUM ENTERPRISES AT DIFFERENT STAGES PROSPECTIVE NEW STARTERS TO MATURE FIRMS.

A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES

BE KONG WILL ALSO

INTERVIEWED то GAUGE CONDITIONS, THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE.

WITH OPERATIONS IN AND UNDER WHETHER,

WHAT OFFERED BY A FACILITIES

HONG

CHAIRED

BY THE

UNDER THE SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD. THE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT COMMITTEE OF THE INDUSTRY COMMITTEE IS

DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY

COMPRISES

WILL COME

AND

STUDY FEASIBILITY THE

MANUFACTURERS AND ACADEMICS.

MEASURES MAPPED OUT TO REDUCE AIRPORT GROUND NOISE

THE

AND

A JOINT WORKING GROUP OF THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT IS EVALUATING THE RESULTS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RECENTLY COMPLETED CONSULTANCY STUDY INTO NOISE IMPACT OF GROUND ACTIVITIES AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

THE

SPEAKING AT THE MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD TODAY (FRIDAY), THE CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER OF THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT, MR JOSEPH TANG, SAID THE $1.1 MILLION CONSULTANCY WAS AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.

LTD, WAS TO DETERMINE

THE JOB OF THE CONSULTANT, ERL (ASIA) THE EXTENT OF EXISTING AND POTENTIAL NOISE IMPACT ARISING FROM GROUND-BASED ACTIVITIES AT THE AIRPORT, TO RECOMMEND NOISE REDUCTION MEASURES AND TO ADVISE ON PLANNING CONSTRAINTS WHICH SHOULD AREAS ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT.

APPLY то

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