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MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1993

POINTED OUT THAT THE THE SPOKESMAN WOULD MONITOR PERFORMANCE AGAINST TARGETS.

COMMISSIONER

FOR

LABOUR

"A CUSTOMER LIAISON GROUP WILL BE FORMED TO COLLECT

HE SAID. FEEDBACK ON THE STANDARD OF OUR SERVICES,

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"THE RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED ANNUALLY,"

HE ADDED.

CUSTOMERS'

SERVICES

TO

THE

A BILINGUAL LEAFLET LISTING THE STANDARDS OF VARIOUS PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND IS NOW AVAILABLE THE PUBLIC

OFFICES THROUGHOUT AT ALL LABOUR DEPARTMENT BRANCH

TERRITORY.

NEW AIRCRAFT TAXIWAY BRIDGE PROVIDES SHORTER ROUTE TO RUNWAY

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实木

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A NEW TAXIWAY BRIDGE TAXIWAY BRIDGE NO. 3 LINKING THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT'S RUNWAY PROMONTORY AND SOUTHERN END OF THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SOUTH APRON WAS COMMISSIONED FOR USE TODAY (MONDAY).

TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING TRAFFIC DEMAND, THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT HAD PROCEEDED WITH A PACKAGE OF IMPROVEMENT WORKS INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH APRON IN THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION AREA ΤΟ PROVIDE 11 ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT PARKING BAYS, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER TO 69.

PARKING

AFTER LANDING FROM THE KOWLOON PENINSULA DIRECTION, AIRCRAFT WILL NOW HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE TO TAXI TO THEIR ALLOCATED POSITIONS EITHER AT THE SOUTH APRON OR THE MAIN APRON BY WAY OF THE NEW BRIDGE, AND EXIT THE SOUTH APRON VIA BRIDGE NO. 2, SITUATED AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE SOUTH APRON. OTHERWISE THE SOUTH APRON WOULD BE A CUL-DE-SAC.

DEPARTING FLIGHTS TAKING OFF FROM THE LEI YUE MUN END OF THE RUNWAY, PARTICULARLY THOSE PARKED AT THE SOUTH APRON, WILL ALSO

BENEFIT FROM THE NEW FACILITY.

TO ENSURE THAT THE COMPLETION OF TAXIWAY BRIDGE NO. 3 COINCIDES WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE SOUTH APRON, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE WAS AWARDED BY THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT UNDER THE FIRST EVER FAST-TRACK "DESIGN-AND-CONSTRUCT" GOVERNMENT CONTRACT.

THE CONTRACT VALUE WAS $109 MILLION AND WORK STARTED IN MID-MAY LAST YEAR.

THE OF

MEASURING 46 METRES WIDE AND 220 METRES LONG, AND SPANNING KOWLOON BAY SEA CHANNEL, THE BRIDGE WAS DESIGNED TO TAKE THE LOAD THE LARGEST AIRCRAFT IN SERVICE AND THOSE ENVISAGED TO BE IN SERVICE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

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