POTENTIAL chaos in the South China skies has been predicted by a leading engineer whose multi-national electrical contracting company is involved in airport projects around the Pearl River delta.
''Airports are either being built or expanded in Hongkong, Macau, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Guangzhou,'' said the source, who declined to be named for fear of jeopardising China-based contracts.
''By the end of the decade the air traffic over this region is going to be very heavy, yet each airport is developing its own isolated air traffic management and control centres,'' he said.
''This eventually will cause immense problems in air space management. It is possible we'll see planes colliding all over the region,'' the engineer said.
He added that Hongkong's Civil Aviation department was setting up its own secondary surveillance system covering the territory's airspace.
''Zhuhai is also looking for a system, but only requires one to cover its airspace, while Macau and Shenzhen will have their own systems.