TNAG-2258-FCO40-3254-Hong-Kong-Port-and-Airport-Development-Strategy-(PADS)-Brit-1991 — Page 11

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BACKGROUND BRIEF

Selection of Chek Lap Kok Site for the New Airport

Selection Process

ANNEX 8

1)

2)

3)

A 1973 reduced site.

study proposed an Initial List of 30, subsequently to 13 and then to 6. CLK was selected as the best

1982-3 a master plan for CLK was developed and a Deep Bay site reviewed and again rejected.

The PADS studies in 1988/89 reviewed the CLK master plan and the Alternative Replacement Airport 'Study (ARAS) reviewed sites in the Western Harbour. These studies again confirmed CLK as the best site:

Main Sites Considered

4.

Four main areas have been considered

a) Chek Lap Kok

b)

Deep Bay

c)

Western Harbour

d)

Tolo Channel

Chek Lap Kok

5.

This

because

has consistently been the best overall choice

a) it provides for good airspace use;

b)

a high usability factor - no wind or terrain problems;

c)

24 hour operation with very low noise pollution;

d) safe, because minimal overflight of urban areas;

e)

potential for expansion.

6. the

In

terms of wider development considerations applicable to PADS strategy, it was better than a Western Harbour site strategy because

a) it could be built two years faster than a Western

Harbour airport;

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