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11.
In February 1979 Consultants were selected
by the Director of Civil Aviation to carry out the work involved in paragraph 9(b) above and began work in March with the following broad terms of reference -
(a)
(b)
(c)
to review and update the air traffic forecasts for Hong Kong;
to confirm the feasibility of constructing and operating an international airport on the selected site at Chek Lap Kok to meet the forecast air traffic demand up to 1995 and as far beyond that year as could reasonably be expected;
to prepare a pilot scheme for a replacement airport, a construction programme and an estimate of costs for developing such an airport; and
(a) to recommend further studies where doomed
necessary.
The brief for the Consultants was agreed within the Government, and the Consultants worked in co-operation with the Civil Aviation Department and the other Branches and Departments involved. The results are contained in the Consultants' report (consisting of five volumes of the main report, plus a Final Report and an executive Summary) to the Director of Civil Aviation. consultancy has cost 3.5 million in fees.
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The
The Royal Observatory collected meteorological and oceanographic data at Chek Lap Kok in accordance with the proposal at paragraph 9(c) above and furnished its findings to the Consultants.
13.
As regards paragraph 9(e) above, the assessment of the overall implications of the construction of a replacement airport at Chek Lap Kok and the release of Kai Tak for the development strategy of Hong Kong as a whole is being carried out by the Secretary for the Environment and is expected to be completed later this year. The preliminary conclusions that can be drawn from the work done so far are that
(a)
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considerable land reclamation is feasible between the airport promontory and the present Kowloon Bay/Ngau Tau Kok shore- line. However, the existing typhoon shelter would have to be retained as it would be difficult to replace it clsewhere;
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