· KOJKET WOULD BE SPLIT INTO A NUMBER OF SELF CONTA UNIQU CONTRACTS 30 "HAT INTERESTED PARTIES, WHETHER LOCAL GR INTERNATIONAL, COULD TENDER FOR THE CONTRACTS IN THE FIELD BEST SUITED TO THEIR EXPERTISK AND ABILITY.
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MP LAM DESCRIBED THE TRANSPORT LINKS IN PLACE FOR PADS AS AN PART OF THE OVERALL STRATEGY TO MEET HONG KONG'S NEEDS IN THE NEXT 10 20 YEARS,
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HEADED THAT THE GOVERNMENT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE CONSULTANTS FINAL EFFORTS BY THE END OF THE YEAR ON QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE AIRPORT RAILWAY. THESE QUESTIONS INCLUDED WHAT IS THE BEST ALIGNMENT, HOW S00% THE RAILWAY 13 REQUIRED, AND WHAT THE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE.
THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, HIGHLIGHTED IMPORTANCE TO HONG KONG OF A REPLACEMENT AIRPORT.
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"THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT A CONSTRAINED AIRPORT WOULD SEVERELY LIMIT OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND MAKE HONG KONG INCREASINGLY LESS ATTRACTIVE AS A MAJOR CENTRE FOR TRADE, FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
"KAI TAK IS ALREADY THE SIXTH BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS AND THE FOURTH BUSIEST IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT. IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY BUSIER THAN ANYWHERE IN CHINA.“
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SHE SAID THAT IF DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH CONTINUED IN PASSENGER AND AS AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS, CAPACITY AT KAI TAK WOULD BE REACHED AS EARLY 1993.
ON THE QUESTION OF COMPETITION FROM NEW AIRPORTS AT MACAU AND SHENZHEN, MRS
ATTRACT CHAN SAID THAT MACAU WAS NOT EXPECTED TO
ANY SIGNIFICANT VOLUME OF TRAFFIC FROM AN AVIATION HUB LIKE HONG KONG.
HOWEVER, SHENZHEN WOULD POTENTIALLY FULFIL A HELPFUL ROLE IN RELIEVING PRESSURE ON KAI TAK PRIOR TO CHEK LAP KOK COMING ON STREAM.
THE LONGER TERM, WE SEE THE ROLES OF CHEK LAP KOK, MACAU AND SHENZHEN
TO AIRPORTS AS LARGELY COMPLEMENTARY. ALL THREE ARE NEEDED SERVICE ADEQUATELY THE DYNAMIC AREA OF THE FEARL RIVER DELTA AND SOUTHERN CHINA GENERALLY, MRS CHAN SAID.
THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, MENTIONED SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.
"ALMOST UNBELIEVABLY ON THAT DAY THERE WILL BE NO AIRCRAFT ROARING OVER KOWLOON TONG AND SHAM SHUI PO AND MUCH OF THE TRAFFIC ON CHATHAM ROAD FLYOVER AND AROUND THE KOWLOON CITY ROUNDABOUT WILL BE GONE.
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"THIS WILL BE
BE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESTRUCTURING OF A SOMEWHAT QUIETER KOWLOON TO THE RELIEF OF OVERCROWDING AND FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.
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