TNAG-2144-FCO40-3063-Hong-Kong-Port-and-Airport-Development-Strategy-(PADS)-1990 — Page 86

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1990-11-02 05:52 COMMS OFFICE (GOVT HOUSE)

852 845 0995 P.10

neighbours and

second terminal

competitors are well aware

of this; the

at Changi airport in Singapore is about to

the authorities are already planning

and

open next month for a third runway, a new airport is under construction at

Csaka,

larger

Seoul,

massive

new

international

airport

on

an even

scale chan Chek Lap Kok is being planned to serve

extensive expansion of Bangkok

planned and

airport

is being

a second passenger terminal is to be completed

in Jakarta by 1991.

10.

We cannot afford to leave Kai Tak congested and

its

ultimate

capacity,

because

of the

an

efficient

airport

to

our economy.

In

About

operating at

importance of 1989, 730,000 tonnes of air cargo passed through Kai Tak;

that made up just under 30% of our domestic exports, 20% of

Our imports and over 16% of our re-exports by value.

85% of our tourists arrive by air. In 1989, receipts from

tourism amounted to nearly $37 billion, an increase of 11%

over 1988. We are the most popular tourist destination in

The investment made by the hotel sector alone in

this field is huge, with an additional 3000 hotel rooms

provided in

1989, and a further 6500 rooms expected by the

end of 1992. More difficult to quantify are the benefits

from the ease with which businessmen can come and

Asia.

derived

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