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FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1989

"THE STUDY HAS IDENTIFIED

THAT MANY

ELEMENTS OF KAI TAX'9 PARKING FACILITIES AND ROAD SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT

REACH ACCESS TO THE AIRPORT, ARE OPERATING CLOSE TO CAPACITY AND WILL

THE RATE SATURATION BY 1992 IF GROWTH IN AIR TRAFFIC IS SUSTAINED AT FORECAST BY CONSULTANTS," HE SAID.

COMPREHENSIVE "THE CONSULTANTS HAVE RECOMMENDED A

ADJACENT ROAD IMPROVE AND EXPAND THE AIRPORT FACILITIES AND WHICH WILL DEFER THE SATURATION DATE TO 1996.

PACKAGE

TO NETWORK

"THESE INCLUDE MEASURES TO EXPAND AIRSIDE FACILITIES,

TRAFFIC CONTROL USAGE OF THE SINGLE RUNWAY, IMPROVE THE AIR

WELL AS ON TERMINAL COMPLEX FACILITIES AS

AND OFF-AIRPORT

SYSTEMS.

OPTIMISE SYSTEM,

ACCESS

IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDED,

PROGRAMME EXPENDITURE

"OF THE $2.4 BILLION WORTH OF THE CAPITAL MILLION ARE ALREADY IN AIRPORT UP TO 1992-93 AND IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME.

"THE BALANCE OF $1.8 BILLION REPRESENTS ADDITIONAL FOR WHICH NO FINANCIAL PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE.

OF

9610 FOR THE

COMMITMENTS

THEIR ITEMS, INDIVIDUAL

BY FUNDS

THE FINANCE IMPLEMENTED TO ENABLE

"SUBJECT то FURTHER SCRUTINY

PHASING

AND COSTS, AND

THE PROVISION OF COMMITTEE, THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE KAI TAK TO COPE WITH DEMAND.

++

CONSULTANCY

WAS

UNDERTAKEN BY RMP ENCON, LTD. THE KAI TAK STARTED IN OCTOBER 1987 AND COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.

THE CONSULTANTS WERE REQUIRED TO PREPARE AIR TRAFFIC

2010, IDENTIFY SHORTFALLS FOR KAI TAK UP TO THE YEAR

IMPROVEMENT

ASSESS

IN

FORECASTS CAPACITY,

AND

THE

ECONOMIC

RECOMMEND MEASURES FOR DISBENEFITS WHICH WOULD ARISE SHOULD DEMAND EXCEED CAPACITY.

THAT BETWEEN

THE STUDY FORECASTS

1987 AND 2010, PASSENGER PER ANNUM, REACHING TRAFFIC WILL GROW AT AN AVERAGE OF 5.7 PER CENT SOME 46.1 MILLION IN 2010.

OF CARGO SERVICES DEMAND IS FORECAST TO INCREASE AT AN AVERAGE

IN 2010. CIVIL 6.5 PER CENT PER ANNUM, REACHING 2.61 MILLION TONNES

CENT INTERNATIONAL AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS ARE FORECAST TO GROW AT 5.2 PER PER ANNUM.

THE

FEATURE MAIN

OF

AIRSIDE

IS TO IMPROVEMENTS

INCREASE OVER 60 STANDS. THIS AIRCRAFT PARKING FACILITIES FROM 39 STANDS TO

то PROVIDE i STANDS WILL INVOLVE EXTENSION OF THE EAST APRON

AND

ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH APRON

KOWLOON

RECLAMATION TO

PROVIDE 11 STANDS.

BAY

/DEMAND MANAGEMENT