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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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