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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1992

EXCEPTIONAL

BUT IN PRACTICE SUCH PERMISSION WAS GIVEN ONLY IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH COULD NOT HAVE BEEN REASONABLY FORESEEN AIRCRAFT OPERATOR, SHE ADDED.

THE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDE :

BY THE

MALFUNCTIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION AIDS;

OR UNSERVICEABILITY

OF

*

DISRUPTION OF NORMAL OPERATIONS AT THE AERODROME OF

ORIGIN

OR DESTINATION;

*

CLOSURES OF AIRSPACE OR AIR TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

DISRUPTION TO NORMAL AIRPORT AND AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS DUE

WAR, BOMB THREATS, INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE, SEARCH

FLIGHTS, AND MEDICAL EVACUATION; AND

TO

AND RESCUE

ΤΟ OPERATIONS DUE

ADVERSE

WEATHER

DISRUPTION CONDITIONS.

OF NORMAL

"FOR

REASONS IT IS NOT EXPECTED THESE

THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDINGS OR TAKE-OFFS DURING CURFEW HOURS WILL PROPORTION TO THE GENERAL INCREASE IN AIR TRAFFIC,

THE

SECRETARY

SAID

STATISTICS

INDICATED

OF NUMBER INCREASE IN

SHE ADDED.

THAT

WHILE TOTAL 1990 AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS HAD INCREASED THREE PER CENT FROM 105,000 IN

BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6.30 AM HAD TO 109,000 LAST YEAR, MOVEMENTS ACTUALLY DECREASED EIGHT PER CENT FROM 392 IN 1990 TO 360 LAST YEAR.

WILL

OPERATIONS

"I CAN ASSURE MEMBERS THAT THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A TIGHT CONTROL OVER THE APPROVAL OF DURING THE CURFEW HOURS.

TAK BECOMES

"HAVING SAID THIS, IT IS INEVITABLE THAT, AS KAÏ MORE AND MORE HEAVILY USED, THE DEMAND FOR DEPARTURE SLOTS IN THE LATE EVENING WILL INCREASE," SHE ADDED.

MRS

CHAN SAID

RESIDENTS ULTIMATE RELIEF TO

LIVING

IN

THE

VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT WOULD COME ONLY WHEN KAI TAK CLOSED DOWN,

ADDED THAT

EVERY

EFFORT WAS

THEREFORE

SHE COMPLETE THE NEW AIRPORT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

BEING

MADR

TO

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