XN000022-1989-10-20 — Page 11

10

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1989

'THE NOISE CONTROL

HAS ORDINANCE

NO

PROVISIONS NOISE GENERATED BY AIRCRAFT ENGINES AND APU'S," HE ADDED.

WILL

CONTROLLING

REMAIN IN

FORCE

THROUGH

THESE NOISE) ORDINANCE

THE MAIN CONTROLS WHICH REGULATIONS MADE UNDER THE CIVIL AVIATION (AIRCRAFT

ARE:

(A)

OPERATED AT ΚΑΙ TAK ABOVE AIRCRAFT ENGINES MAY NOT BE

ENGINES (THAT IS

MAY

OPERATE NOT "GROUND IDLE POWER"

FROM SETTING)

12

TO MIDNIGHT ABOVE THEIR LOWEST POWER 7 AM;

(B)

MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM

AIRCRAFT

RICHLAND

GARDENS). 12 MIDNIGHT

THE IN THIS

OPERATION

OF

AREA AND

THE AIRPORT

APU'S MAY NOT BE OPERATED BETWEEN 12 WITHIN THE APU CONTROLLED AREA (THAT PART OF THE APRON CLOSEST TO

APU'S BETWEEN 11 PM AND BETWEEN 11 PM AND 6 AM IN OTHER AREAS WITHIN BOUNDARY IS ALSO RESTRICTED.

THE REGULATIONS PROVIDED THAT FAILURE TO COMPLY OVER THE OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT ENGINES AND APU'S WOULD OFFENCE LIABLE TO A FINE OF $50,000, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"THIS REPRESENTS A 10-FOLD

WITH CONTROLS CONSTITUTE

AN

INCREASE IN THE FINE OF $5,000 OF THE EQUIVALENT

UNDER CONTROLS WHICH WAS SET IN 1972 FOR BREACH SECTION 13 OF THE SUMMARY OFFENCES ORDINANCE.

"THE INCREASE IS DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN THE DETERRENT THE FINE. HE ADDED.

EFFECT OF

THE SPOKESMAN

POINTED

OUT

THAT

EFFORTS

WOULD

CONTINUE

TO

REDUCE GROUND NOISE AT THE AIRPORT.

ALTERNATIVE AND WILL NEAR TO RESIDENTIAL

"THE INSTALLATION OF FIXED GROUND POWER, A QUIETER TO APU'S, WILL COMMENCE ON THE CARGO APRON LATER THIS YEAR,

APRONS LOCATED BE EXTENDED IN 1990 TO DEVELOPMENTS, HE SAID.

OTHER

FURTHERMORE, IN LINE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS MADE STUDYING THE REDUCTION OF GROUND NOISE AT KAI TAK AND

OCTOBER 1988, AIRLINES SCHEME WHICH COMMENCED IN CONDUCT THE TESTING OF AIRCRAFT ENGINES AS FAR AWAY AS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT.

BY CONSULTANTS AFTER A TRIAL HAVE AGREED TO POSSIBLE FROM

WAS UNDERTAKEN ON THE "PREVIOUSLY, ALL AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE AND LONG TERM AIRCRAFT APRONS EAST OF THE KAI TAK NULLAH.

GROUND

AWAY

FROM

"SINCE THE TRIAL SCHEME, TWO OUT OF THREE OF ALL ENGINE

NULLAH, OF THE

FURTHER TEST RUNS HAVE TAKEN PLACE WEST RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS," THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT.

11