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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1994

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BEEN

ON THE NEW AIRPORT, MR SIU SAID CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS HAS

PER CENT COMPLETE. MADE ON WORKS, AND SITE PREPARATION WAS NOW 70

ALSO ADVANCING

THE

ESSENTIAL

SUPPORT NEED

ARE

ON PREPARATIONS SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THESE SERVICES TO REACH FRUITION AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GOVERNMENT'S WORKS.

THE

THE

AWARD OF

AS POSSIBLE "EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO PUT IN PLACE AS EARLY THE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS SUCH AS AN AGREEMENT ON FINANCING,

то LAND AND

IN ORDER GRANT,

FACILITATE AIRPORT BILL

AND THE BORROWINGS PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY'S FRANCHISES.

THE

RECRUIT

NEW AIR STANDARDS

"TO PREPARE FOR OUR FUTURE REQUIREMENTS, WE INTEND TO AND TRAIN AT LEAST 80 ADDITIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEW AIRPORT, TO PROCURE TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT, AND TO ESTABLISH A NEW AERODROME

IN 1995/96 TO DEVELOP DIVISION IN THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT OPERATING AND SAFETY STANDARDS FOR CHEK LAP KOK," MR SIU SAID.

BEFORE

THE OPENING

THE HONG

MR SIU OF

SAID, THE NEW AIRPORT, GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO MAXIMISE THE EFFICIENT USE OF THE KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY UPGRADING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT IMPROVING ROAD ACCESS, PUBLIC AT A COST OF $160 MILLION, AND BY TRANSPORT AND PASSENGER PROCESSING FACILITIES.

REGARDING PORT DEVELOPMENT, MR SIU SAID THERE WAS A CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE PORT FACILITIES, WHICH WERE THE VITAL OF HONG KONG'S TRADE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.

NEED ARTERIES

TO

FOR

"WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE START CONTAINER TERMINAL 9 AND TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LAND FOR CARGO BACK-UP SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF THE PORT BY PROVIDING 22 HECTARES BY THE END OF 1994 AND AT LEAST A FURTHER SEVEN HECTARES BY 1997.

AHEAD WITH THE "LOOKING TO TAKE LONGER TERM, WE WILL PRESS

OF DEVELOPMENT OF LANTAU PORT TO MEET FORECAST DEMAND TOWARDS THE END

OPEN DURING 1998 OR THE DECADE.

WE AIM TO HAVE THE FIRST BERTH EARLIER IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, HE SAID.

I

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CONTRACT AWARDED FOR NEW AIRPORT'S RADAR SYSTEMS

* * * * *

THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD HAS APPROVED THE AWARD OF AN CORE PROGRAMME CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF TWO SYSTEMS FOR THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.

AIRPORT RADAR

THE CONTRACT, VALUED AT ABOUT $67 MILLION, WILL BE AWARDED THE GOVERNMENT TO RAYTHEON COMPANY OF THE UNITED STATES.

BY

OF

THE COMPANY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION

AN

LOCATED ISLAND APPROACH SURVEILLANCE RADAR AT SHA CHAU, AN

SURVEILLANCE NORTHWEST OF CHEK LAP KOK, AS WELL AS A ROUTE SECONDARY RADAR AT MOUNT PARKER IN QUARRY BAY.

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