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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1992

THESE PLEDGES ARE TO BE ATTAINED WITHIN EXISTING RESOURCES.

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"THESE PERFORMANCE PLEDGES FORM PART OF THE INITIATIVES ACHIEVE GREATER OPENNESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT AND ΤΟ DEVELOP A USER-ORIENTATED SERVICE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

"I AM CONFIDENT THAT OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE FIRE SERVICES WILL RISE TO THIS CHALLENGE,' MR MACLEOD SAID.

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KAI TAK EXTENSION PROGRESSING ON PROGRAMME

WORKS TO EXTEND THE KAI TAK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ARE PROGRESSING ON PROGRAMME AND WELL WITHIN ESTIMATES, TO PROVIDE 30 MORE PARKING BAYS FOR AIRCRAFT UPON COMPLETION BY MARCH 1994.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE,

DURING HIS SITE VISIT TO KAI TAK TODAY (MONDAY) TO PROGRESS OF THE $740 MILLION EXTENSION PROGRAMME CARRIED OUT IN PHASES SINCE AUGUST 1988.

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MR BLAKE SAID THE EXTENSION PROGRAMME INCLUDED FORMATION OF HECTARES OF LAND FOR AIRCRAFT PARKING, WORKS ΤΟ IMPROVE AND EXTEND THE TERMINAL FACILITIES AND RESURFACING OF PART OF THE RUNWAY.

THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AND SUPERVISION OF THE EXTENSION PROGRAMME.

DESIGN

"SO FAR, 19 NEW PARKING BAYS HAD BEEN COMPLETED. ANOTHER FIVE BAYS WILL BE ADDED IN THE CURRENT PHASE OF WORK DUE FOR COMPLETION IN AUGUST 1993, AT WHICH TIME A TOTAL OF 63 PARKING BAYS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT KAI TAK AIRPORT.

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THE FINAL PHASE WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION BAYS TO BRING THE FINAL TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING BAYS TO 1994, HE SAID.

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MR BLAKE SAID THE CURRENT EXTENSION PROGRAMME WAS INCREASE KAJ TAK'S CAPACITY TO HANDLE AIR TRAFFIC WHICH WAS EXPECTED TO REACH SATURATION BY 1994 WHEN THE NUMBER OF AIR PASSENGERS WOULD GROW TO 24 MILLION COMPARED WITH 19.2 MILLION LAST YEAR.

MR BLAKE SAID: "WE ALREADY HAVE A VERY EFFICIENT AIRPORT WHICH IS HANDLING 32 FLIGHTS PER HOUR DURING THE BUSY PERIOD.

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"AT THE END OF OCTOBER THIS YEAR, THE 12 MONTH THROUGHPUT HAD REACHED 21.6 MILLION PASSENGERS, WITH CARGO THROUGHPUT AT 930,000 TONNES.

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