R. 43
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
NFORMATION
NFORMATION SERVICES
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUPPLEMENT
Wednesday, April 8, 1970.
STAGE III OF AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT ALMOST COMPLETE
Passenger Handling Facilities Now Ready For Jumbo Jets
The work involved in Stage III of the Airport Development, which is
nou substantially completed, is aimed primarily at improving the facilities
for passenger processing, both arrivals and dopartures.
The improvement and additions are designed to give a capacity to handle
2,200 passengers per hour and not only the passengers themselves but also thair
baggage.
In addition, certain provisions have had to be made to accommodato
the larger types of aircraft soon to come into service. Those aircraft, because of their shoor sizo, prosent special problems in parking and ground
handling.
In the main, the work carried out in Stage III has, with the exception
of the neu 747 pior and its associated air bridges, boen confined within the
existing framework of the original Terminal Building.
Courtyard and certain other open areas have been built-in to givo moro
space at Ground and First floor levels and tho former Port Health Hall, which
was virtually a soparate building, has now become part of the Terminal Building
structuro.
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