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thirdly

(c)

fourthly (d)

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i.e.

its

amenability

to

in

incremental

stages

according to demand;

Flexibility

and robustness, i.e. its ability

to cope with variations in future demands;

and

fifthly (e) Financial

performance, i.e. its ability to

provide an optimal balance of participation

by the

optimal

public and private sectors and the

implementation

of works in view of

financial constrants.

3.

Well before the

problem was redefined to include

the port, we had, since the early 1970's, been seeking to

identify the best site for a replacement airport. In 1973,

the original Air Transport System Long Term Planning

Investigation studied an initial list of 30 sites, which

subsequently reduced, by stages, to a shortlist of

six. The six were

was

1) Tolc channel at the extrance to Tolo Harbour

in the Eastern New Territories;

1.