an important centre of communications since it is served by existing passenger ferry piers, is adjacent to the Kowloon entrance of the Cross Harbour Tunnel currently under construction, will be served by the railway and may possibly in future be served by a Mass Transport Underground Railway line. The 32 acre railway site will accommodate the proposed Terminus with its 6 passenger platforms, a 5,000 ton/day goods yard and other necessary railway terminus facilities. A podium of over half-a-million square feet will be built over the terminus and together with a comprehensive elevated road network will provide access to the principal station buildings, a multi-storey carpark, a bus terminus and an indoor stadium which are also to be built over the railway terminus.
Airport Development
3.20. Planning of the development of the Hong Kong Airport proceeds within the framework of a master plan which forecasts the needs for the various facilities required to meet expected increases in both passenger and cargo traffic. The plan is sufficiently flexible to permit modifications between stages of construction to meet changing demands and provides for development and expansion of the runway, taxiways, aprons for passenger and cargo aircraft, aprons for aircraft-maintenance work, the passenger-terminal building, the cargo-terminal, roads and car parks and areas and buildings required by the various private concerns which operate and maintain the aircraft. Supplementary plans deal in more detail with the development of the different components of the master plan.
3.21. Whilst the Civil Aviation Department is responsible for preparing such plans, the Public Works Department is responsible for their physical implementation. The Civil Engineering Office handles the design and construction of the necessary civil engineering works and the provision of the necessary underground services. Provision has been made in the detailed planning of the Kowloon Bay Reclamation for expansion of the various airport facilities as well as for a future tunnel under the Airport to link Kwun Tong with To Kwa Wan. The construction programme for these facilities and the extension of the airport runway, which are all inter-related, requires constant updating.
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an important centre of communications since it is served by existing passenger ferry piers, is adjacent to the Kowloon entrance of the Cross Harbour Tunnel currently under construction, will be served by the railway and may possibly in future be served by a Mass Transport Underground Railway line. The 32 acre railway site will accommodate the proposed Terminus with its 6 passenger platforms, a 5,000 ton/ day goods yard and other necessary railway terminus facilities. A podium of over half-a-million square feet will be built over the ter- minus and together with a comprehensive elevated road network will provide access to the principal station buildings, a multi-storey carpark, a bus terminus and an indoor stadium which are also to be built over the railway terminus.
Airport Development
3.20. Planning of the development of the Hong Kong Airport pro- ceeds within the framework of a master plan which forecasts the needs for the various facilities required to meet expected increases in both passenger and cargo traffic. The plan is sufficiently flexible to permit modifications between stages of constructon to meet changing de- mands and provides for development and expansion of the runway, taxiways, aprons for passenger and cargo aircraft, aprons for aircraft- maintenance work, the passenger-terminal building, the cargo- terminal, roads and car parks and areas and buildings required by the various private concerns which operate and maintain the aircraft. Supplementary plans deal in more detail with the development of the different components of the master plan.
3.21. Whilst the Civil Aviation Department is responsible for pre- paring such plans, the Public Works Department is responsible for their physical implementation. The Civil Engineering Office handles the design and construction of the necessary civil engineering works and the provision of the necessary underground services. Provision has been made in the detailed planning of the Kowloon Bay Reclama- tion for expansion of the various airport facilities as well as for a future tunnel under the Airport to link Kwun Tong with To Kwa Wan. The construction programme for these facilities and the extension of the airport runway, which are all inter-related, requires constant updating.
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