Enclosure 1
Scope of the Airport Core Programme Projects
The New Airport at Chek Lap Kok
The new
international airport will be located at Chek Lap
Kok (CLK), to the north of Tung Chung on Lantau Island. A
1 275 hectare platform will be formed primarily by the levelling of CLK Island and Lam Chau and by using the excavated materials together with sand for reclamation. Upper marine
muds will be fully dredged before reclamation. A sea channel
will be maintained between CLK and North Lantau. The main
the airport for road, rail and services will be via a
across the sea channel at the east side of CLK. The Terminal will be located between the two runways which
access
bridge
Airport
to
will be 1 525 metre apart.
2.
The first
1997, initally
·
phase of the new airport will be operational in with one runway and capacity sufficient to meet demand up to 2002.
The second runway and further terminal facilities will be phased into operation in accordance with air The ultimate capacity will be about 80 4.4 million tonnes of cargo annually.
traffic demands.
million passengers and
The airport will operate 24 hours a day.
3. Apart from airport related activities such as those found
at Kai Tak (aircraft maintenance, air cargo terminals and catering), the Provisional Airport Authority (PAA), its Consultants and the Government's financial adviser on the new
airport have identified opportunities for real estate development at the airport to cater for business and industries which benefit from being near the airport, as well as hotel and shopping facilities.
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