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Oral answers to questions Question 1

Hon CHYUNG Yan-Lung

A'n traffic at fai Tak

1. MRV CHEUNG asked:

Aimport

Question: In view of the heavy air traffic in and out of

Kai Tak Airport, will

will Government inform this Council whether consideration has been given to the possibility of diverting some of the traffic, particularly smaller aircraft, to the airport at

at Shek Kongy SO a 8 to zelieve and to increase congestion at Kai Tak Airport and its capacity for larger airliners?

REPLY BY THE HONOURABLE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL: WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE 1988

FINANCIAL SECRETARY:

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a replying to Mr. Cheung's question, I should

first mention that Kai Tak Airport has served Hong Kong's aviation needs well and is expected to continue to do so

for a number of years.

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At present, the number of general aviation

movements involving small locally-registered private

aircraft and executive jets, constitutes a small proportion

of the total traffic. The relatively low volume of such

aircraft movements has permitted these flights to be

accommodated at Kai Tak, albeit with certain restrictions

to ensure that they do not impinge upon the demands placed

on the use of the

the airport by commercial airline

operations. In 1987, local civil aircraft movements at Kai

Tak accounted for approximately 5,000 of the total of some

37,000 movements. The Government therefore, sees no need to

Shek divert such traffic away from Kai Tak to (Sek Kong.