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SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1990

EXPANSION PROJECT AT KAI TAK AIRPORT

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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO EMBARK ON A MULTI-BILLION

ΚΑΙ TO EXPAND THE

TAK AIRPORT AND ΤΟ IMPROVE ITS INTERNAL AND CONNECTING ROAD NETWORK, A SPOKESMAN

AVIATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

DOLLAR PROJECT

CIVIL FOR THE

AND IMPROVEMENTS, ESTIMATED TO PLANNED IN

WITH ACCORDANCE

THE

ON CONSULTANCY

THE DEVELOPMENT

EXPANSION THE FULL RANGE OF

IS BEING COST SOME $3.6 BILLION, RECOMMENDATIONS

KAI TAK POTENTIAL OF THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER 1988.

OF THE

IS NOW, EXPANSION AND TO MEET THE

"THE CONSULTANTS HAD FORECAST THAT THE AIRPORT, AS IT WILL REACH ITS CAPACITY IN 1992 AND THEREAFTER IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE REQUIRED IF KAI TAK IS TO CONTINUE NEED FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION UNTIL 1996, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"OTHERWISE, HONG KONG WILL SUFFER

SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC

DISBENEFITS," HE SAID.

THE AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT

RESULT, PRIORITY IS BEING GIVEN APRONS TO ACCOMMODATE THIS DEMAND.

THROUGHPUT

TO

RATE IS

THE EXPANDING

AS INCREASING.

A AIRCRAFT PARKING

IS MORE THAN

BY 13.3 DOUBLE

TOTAL INTERNATIONAL AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS HAVE INCREASED PER CENT PER YEAR BETWEEN 1987 AND 1989, WHICH THE RATE FORECAST BY THE CONSULTANTS.

A "THIS HAS RESULTED IN

SHORTFALL IN APRON

BEING CAPACITY AND AIRLINES HAVE ALREADY HAD DIFFICULTIES IN

SERVICES ΤΟ HONG KONG

OF BECAUSE

ADVANCED TO 1990

SCHEDULING

SOME OF THEIR

INSUFFICIENT PARKING SPACE.

THE NEAR ARE MADE ** THE SPOKESMAN

BECOME MORE ACUTE IN "THE PROBLEM IS EXPECTED TO

ADDITIONAL

BAYS PARKING FUTURE AND IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT AVAILABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO MEET FORECAST DEMAND, SAID.

OF

INCREASED THE EXISTING LONG BOUNDARY

THE CONSULTANTS, HAVING CONSIDERED THE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS THE AIRPORT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS ARISING FROM AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, HAVE RECOMMENDED TO EXPAND TERM PARKING APRON FURTHER TO THE NORTH-EAST OF THE EXISTING AND TO THE SOUTH ON THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION.

THIS WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 13 TO 14 AIRCRAFT PARKING BAYS.

AWARE OF

THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS WELL THE CONCERN ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE EXPANSION PROGRAMME.

/"HOWEVER, THE