A flight path should be rerouted and a law drafted against aircraft noise to end the 'nightmare' of more than one million people, a group of protesters urged last night.
More than 20 residents from Tsuen Wan held a silent sit-in at Sea Crest Villa in Sham Tseng as Chek Lap Kok's second runway prepares for full operation.
The runway opened for restricted use on May 26.
Protest organiser Albert Chan Wai-yip said that although the Civil Aviation Department had restricted aircraft from flying near the Tsuen Wan coastline after midnight, this measure lacked long-term guarantees.
The restriction forces flights to fly in and out through the Ma Wan Channel.
'The administrative measure may have to be dropped and the old course [along the Tsuen Wan coast] be adopted again because this is not a permanent system,' Mr Chan said.
