3.22 The main line between Kowloon and Lo Wu is a single railway track and consideration is being given to widening the track between Kowloon and the Chinese University to a double line between stations, except through the Beacon Hill tunnel, and to remodelling Mong Kok, Sha Tin and University Stations.
Airport Development
3.23 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.
3.24 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 road 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 now in progress, which are all inter-related, requires constant updating.
LAND
3.25 In carrying out the responsibilities of survey, mapping, town planning and the development and control of land, three factors are kept firmly to the fore:
(a) the need for continuous preparation and updating of survey maps and planning layouts which are basic to all forms of land development;
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3.22 The main line between Kowloon and Lo Wu is a single railway track and consideration is being given to widening the track between Kowloon and the Chinese University to a double line between stations, except through the Beacon Hill tunnel, and to remodelling Mong Kok, Sha Tin and University Stations.
Airport Development
3.23 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 com- ponents of the master plan.
3.24 Whilst the Civil Aviation Department is responsible for prepar- ing 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 pro- vision 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 road tunnel under the Airport to link Kwun Tong with To Kwa Wan. The construction pro- gramme for these facilities and the extension of the airport runway now in progress, which are all inter-related, requires constant updating.
LAND
3.25 In carrying out the responsibilities of survey, mapping, town planning and the development and control of land, three factors are kept firmly to the fore:
(a) the need for continuous preparation and updating of survey maps and planning layouts which are basic to all forms of land development;
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