Exträd from Hong Kong Governmal-
322 Feb 69
MORE IMPROVEMENTS TO KAI TAK TERMINAL BUILDING
Daily Bulletin.
To Cope With Increased Passenger Traffic
Imagine a whole resettlement block-full of people arriving in
Hong Kong every hour.
No need to imagine. In early 1972, then jumbo jets are operating
through Hong Kong, more than 2,200 passengers an hour are expected to uso
Kai Tak Airport double today's figure.
This number may be even higher when the jumbo jets become more
common in Hong Kong.
Ever since the Airport was completed in 1962, and it was then
considered Asia's best, extensions and modifications have been made to the
Terminal Building to cope with the increase in passenger traffic.
But with the jumbo jots the Civil Aviation Department has begun
more improvements to cope with these enormous airliners and to assure Hong
Kong of its place as one of the most advanced airports in Asia.
These changes include no se-in parking for jumbo jets so that
passengers can get on and off quickly and easily; complete separation of
arriving and departing passengers; a now baggage handling system using
conveyor belts; alterations to the present building to give more space;
and more kerb space for arriving and departing motor cars.
Work on these changes should begin in about two months time and
will cost about $15 million. It should be completed by March next year in
time for the first of the jumbo jets.
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