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SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1990

IMPLEMENTATION STUDY OF THE AIRPORT REDUCING ANY

"HOWEVER, THE CONSULTANTS HAVE ADVISED THAT THE OF THE NOISE MITIGATION MEASURES AS RECOMMENDED IN THE NOISE IMPACT OF GROUND OPERATIONS AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL (THE GROUND NOISE STUDY) IN 1988 WILL GO A LONG WAY NOISE IMPACT ON ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS,

HE SAID.

IN

INSTALLATION THIS IS SIMILAR TO TAK

UNDER THE EXPANSION PROGRAMME, FIXED GROUND POWER WILL BE PROVIDED AT EVERY AIRCRAFT PARKING BAY. THE WORK BEING CARRIED OUT ON THE EXISTING APRONS EAST OF THE KAI NULLAH.

"THIS MEASURE IS A RECOMMENDATION OF AND WILL OBVIATE MOST OF THE TIME NOISY AUXILIARY POWER UNITS WHICH ARE THE TWO MAIN SOURCES OF GROUND NOISE,

THE

THE ΤΟ NEED AND {APU'S)

THE

GROUND NOISE USE THE MOBILE GROUND

STUDY AIRCRAFT'S UNITS,

INSTALLATION THE

OF FIXED GROUND CARGO APRON AND MAINTENANCE APRON,

LONG EXTENSION IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN TWO PHASES.

EXPECTED то BE

THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

POWER FOR THE EXISTING TERM PARKING APRON AND

COMPLETED IN THE THIRD BETWEEN THE THIRD QUARTER OF

THE FIRST PHASE IS

QUARTER OF 1990 AND THE SECOND PHASE 1991 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992.

SIMILAR WORKS FOR

OUT IN PLANNED FOR EXPANSION AREA AND IN

THE NEW APRONS

CARRIED WILL BE ENGINEERING WORKS WHICH ARE PARALLEL WITH THE CIVIL COMPLETION IN MID-1992 FOR THE NORTH-EASTERN 1993 FOR THE SOUTHERN EXPANSION AREA.

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE COST INSTALLATION WILL BE MORE THAN $110 MILLION.

FOR THE

EQUIPMENT

AND

LEGISLATION TO

PREPARING IN ADDITION, THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO FURTHER CONTROL THE NOISE GENERATED BY APRON ACTIVITIES. THE INCLUDE:

MEASURES

EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU)

NEW CONTROLLED AREA TO THE

APRON EXPANSION AREAS WITHIN WHICH APU OPERATIONS ARE COMPLETELY PROHIBITED AT NIGHT;

MANDATORY USE OF FIXED GROUND POWER;

PROHIBITION OF ENGINE GROUND RUNS IN THE EVENING WITHIN THE APRON EXTENSION AREA; AND

AND NIGHT

*

RELOCATION OF ENGINE GROUND RUNS AT NIGHT FROM THE THE NULLAH.

EAST OF

THE NEW LEGISLATION IS PLANNED TO

BE

BROUGHT INTO FORCE IN

1991.

/ENGINE GROUND