FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1993
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NEW AIRPORT WELL-PLACED TO MEET CARGO DEMANDS
CARGO,
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THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVISE NEW STRATEGY FOR HONG KONG'S ROLE IN THE PROCESSING OF AIR THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR GORDON SIU, SAID (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE "MILLION TONNES CELEBRATION" AT HACTL, MR SIU SAID CHEK LAP KOK, WITH ITS TWO RUNWAYS AND 24-HOUR OPERATION, WOULD BE WELL-PLACED TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF SERVING INCREASED CARGO DEMANDS.
"ALL THE SPACE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER CONSTRAINTS MAKING THE OPERATION OF KAI TAK SO DIFFICULT WILL DISAPPEAR," HE SAID.
"THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY IS NOW ACTIVELY DISCUSSING ITS PLANS FOR AIR CARGO FACILITIES AT CHEK LAP KOK WITH ALL INTERESTED PARTIES," HE ADDED.
HE SAID HONG KONG WAS ALREADY EXPERIENCING AIR CARGO THROUGHPUT FIGURES THAT AIR TRAFFIC FORECASTERS WERE PREDICTING MIGHT BE REACHED ON THE OPENING OF THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK IN 1997.
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HE SAID THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY WAS NOW CONDUCTING MAJOR REVIEW OF ALL THE AIR TRAFFIC FORECASTS WHICH HAD BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN STUDY, INCLUDING THOSE FOR AIR CARGO.
"THESE NEW FORECASTS WILL CERTAINLY SHOW HIGHER LEVELS OF CARGO THROUGHPUT EXPECTED FOR THE EARLY YEARS OF CHEK LAP KOK.
"THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE POWERFUL ENGINE DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH IN HONG KONG AND THE EVER MORE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED ECONOMY OF SOUTHERN CHINA, IN PARTICULAR, WILL SLOW DOWN OR FALTER.
"THIS LOCAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THAT EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGION AS A WHOLE ARE BOUND TO CREATE EVER-INCREASING VOLUMES OF AIR CARGO," HE SAID.
MR SIU NOTED THAT MORE THAN A MILLION TONNES OF AIR CARGO WOULD BE PROCESSED THROUGH KAI TAK THIS YEAR, ALMOST ALL OF IT THROUGH HACTL'S FACILITIES.
"IT IS ALSO A CELEBRATION FOR OUR ECONOMY AS A WHOLE. FOR THIS HIGH CARGO THROUGHPUT REPRESENTS ABOUT 30 PER CENT OF OUR TOTAL EXPORT AND 18 PER CENT OF OUR IMPORTS.
A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF THE TRADE SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR PROSPERITY AS A WHOLE IS PASSING THROUGH
"IN OTHER WORDS,
FACILITIES, HE SAID.
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