Airport Authority

13 Apr 2013

A task force has been set up to investigate whether two air bridges that collapsed at Chek Lap Kok airport on Sunday failed because of the bolts connecting different parts of the platforms, the...

5:46AM

Environmental impact report on third runway ready by year end

11 Mar 2013

Stanley Hui Hon-chung, who was at the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, said an assessment of the impact a proposed third runway might have on the environment will...

5:18AM

Lunar holiday timing gives lift to cargo traffic

18 Feb 2013

Air cargo throughput in Hong Kong grew 21.2 per cent last month year on year to 334,000 tonnes, according to the Airport Authority.

But passenger volume was down 5.1 per cent to 4.6 million...

3:28AM

Fourth runway study plans anger greens

29 Jan 2013

Hong Kong must start thinking about a fourth airport runway to handle air traffic beyond 2030, the transport minister said yesterday.

But his comment drew a rebuttal from a veteran...

4:32AM

New website riddled with 'social' errors

10 Jan 2013

The revival of the Commission on Poverty may be good news for the poor, but the commission itself appears somewhat poor in its ability to communicate its objectives effectively.

4:34AM

Airport Authority signs up dolphin activist for third runway assessment

6 Dec 2012

A vocal opponent of the third runway proposed for Hong Kong International Airport says he agreed reluctantly to help the Airport Authority in carrying out its marine ecology assessment because the...

3:40AM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

City Digest, November 27, 2012

Airport sees interim profit increase 13pc

3:25AM

Luggage catches fire on airport conveyor belt

The Airport Authority and the Fire Services Department are investigating a fire on a luggage conveyor belt yesterday.

2:51AM

Airport Authority fails to allay pollution fears over third runway

Environmental groups accused the Airport Authority of insincerity and a lack of preparation at a meeting on the planned third airport runway yesterday. They said the authority had not addressed...

3:42AM

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Dong Tao says Hong Kong's property market has gone crazy

Hong Kong's property market has reached the tipping point, according to Credit Suisse's Tao Dong.

2:31AM

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Does new position turn the poacher into a gamekeeper?

A few eyebrows have been raised at Mike Kilburn's decision to change jobs. It's not so much because he is leaving the think tank Civic Exchange, where he was head of environmental strategy for...

3:25AM

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Who will be Hong Kong's next Director of Public Prosecutions?

Readers may be aware that we have been reflecting recently on who might be Hong Kong's next Director of Public Prosecutions. This is of interest because we gather that the present incumbent Kevin...

4:42AM