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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1989

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AIRPORT TAK

SIR DAVID EXPLAINED THAT BESIDES THE NEED FOR A MODERN TO MEET HONG KONG'S REQUIREMENTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY, CLOSING KAI WOULD BRING ITS OWN BENEFITS.

"THE WHOLE OF AVAILABLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

THE

AREA NOW USED BY THE

AIRPORT WILL

BE

"WE WILL BE ABLE

то

LIFT HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS

IN PARTS

KOWLOON.

OF EXCESSIVE AND THE PROBLEM

WHICH NOW NOISE, AIRCRAFT AFFECTS SOME 350,000 PEOPLE, WILL BE ELIMINATED," THE GOVERNOR SAID.

OF

DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATION OF PORT

*

THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO TRANSFORM THE

PORT TERRITORY'S

IN

AN AS EQUALLY DRAMATIC WAY AS THE NEW AIRPORT, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE GOVERNMENT WAS PLANNING

HE SAID THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WOULD CREATE WHAT AMOUNTED TO A COMPLETELY NEW SIDE OF THE TERRITORY.

PORT ON THE WESTERN

THE NEED TO CREATE THIS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, THE GOVERNOR SAID, CAME FROM HONG KONG'S SUSTAINED ECONOMIC GROWTH IN RECENT YEARS.

OF CARGO A YEAR, AN FIVE YEARS WITH FURTHER

THE PORT NOW HANDLED 80 MILLION TONNES INCREASE OF ALMOST 90 PER CENT IN THE PAST SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH EXPECTED.

EXISTING FACILITIES

"THE POINT HAS NOW BEEN REACHED WHERE OUR ARE COMING UNDER SEVERE STRAIN, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

IN PLANNING FOR THE EXPANSION HE POINTED OUT THAT TERRITORY'S PORT THE GOVERNMENT HAD LOOKED AHEAD TO 2006.

OF THE

BY THAT TIME, SIR DAVID SAID, HONG KONG WOULD NEED:

TO INCREASE OUR CONTAINER THROUGHPUT BY FIVE TIMES;

ADDITIONAL LAND FOR LORRY PARKING AND CONTAINER STORAGE:

ON-SHORE FACILITIES TO REPLACE THE UNLOADING DONE IN THE HARBOUR ITSELF;

WHICH IS NOW

SPACE TO CATER FOR LARGER NUMBERS OF AND

RIVER TRADE VESSELS:

SPACE FOR THE VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES WHICH PORT REQUIRES.

THE GOVERNMENT'S FIRST PRIORITY, SIR DAVID SAID, WAS NEXT CONTAINER

TERMINAL TERMINAL,

8. ON RECLAIMED STONECUTTERS ISLAND.

THE

F

A MODERN

то BUILD

LAND

AT

/THE GOVERNMENT ....***