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which

completed its work later that year.

In 1981

-

83,

while a master plan for Chek Lap Kok was being prepared,

the Deep Bay sites and, in particular, the more attractive

site of Nim Wan were also re-examined but found to be less

desirable than Chek Lap Kok. The Nim Wan site was also

recommended to Government in a report prepared by a group

of Hong Kong academics this year. This prompted us to look

yet again at that site. But this report and the subsequent

review only reconfirmed our belief that Chek Lap Kok was

the correct choice.

5.

those

The problems with Nim Wan are many and serious and

recommending the site have not suggested how they

close to the new

might be

overcome.

Shenzhen airport

The

site is

So

under development

that

airspace

co-ordination would be very complex; an airport at Nim Wan

would create

conflicts serious

with a

very

important

shipping channel serving the Pearl River; aircraft noise from such an airport would adversely affect residential

areas in Shenzhen and

Mai Po Marshes would

Tin Shui Wai; the proximity of the

cause a serious risk of bird strike

for aircraft: the site would not allow for port expansion

to share the new transport links required for the airport:

and

the

delicate

seriously harmed.

ecology

of

Bay Deep

could

also be

I list these points to illustrate that

we do listen to suggestions and consider them thoroughly.