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2) a reclamation

Island;

3)

a

site

to the

west of Lamna

reclamation

site

to

the east of Cheung

Chau;

4)

a

reclamation

site of

Nim Wan in Deep Bay,

offshore and to the north of Black Point;

5)

a

reclamation

in site

the Shum Chum River

Delta, adjacent to the border; and, lastly,

6)

Chek Lap Kok.

4.

preferred

The

Chek

Lap

and option

site Kok

feasibility a

was selected as

study of it was

the

undertaken in 1979 followed by a full Master Plan Study in With the exception of the Tolo channel site which

1982.

was

rejected

characteristics

in 1973

because

its of

poor

operational

and

its adverse

environmental

impact on

water

quality in

Tolo

Harbour,

all the other sites have

subsequently

been

reviewed

again.

The

Western Harbour

sites in the area of Lamma and Cheung Chau Islands were

reconsidered in the

Alternative Replacement Airport Sites

Study

in

1989.

The

best

in site

that area was then

compared with

the

Chek Lap Kok site during the PADS study