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	Chek Lap Kok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chek Lap Kok was one of the two islands (the other being Lam Chau) merged together via land reclamation techniques into to the 12.48 km² platform for the current Hong Kong International Airport.
		The original farming and fishing villages on the island were relocated to Chek Lap Kok Village (赤鱲角村) on Lantau Island.
		Also, the Romer's Tree Frog (Philautus romeri) on Chek Lap Kok, a unique species of finger-sized frog found only in Hong Kong, has found its new habitat on Lantau Island before the construction of the airport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chek_Lap_Kok (202 words)

	Chek Lap Kok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chek Lap Kok was originally a small mountainous island, which has been flattened and extended into the South China Sea to four times its original size.
		Chek Lap Kok is within five hours' flying time from half the world's population and is designed to accommodate 80 million passengers a year - more than London's Heathrow and New York's JFK combined.
		Chek Lap Kok is equipped with a $1.6 million, advanced, ground-based warning system that can "see" dangerous wind shifts occurring along the runway approaches.
	www.cpavirtual.org /CLK.htm (3547 words)

	Welcome to CLK
		Chek Lap Kok is the new home to Hong Kong's resident airlines.
		Before the building of the airport Chek Lap Kok island was a placid place visited by few apart from a small number of nature observers seeking out the rare wildlife that lived on the island and some archeologists searching for more signs of the earliest settlers in Hong Kong.
		With the commencement of construction in 1990 Chek Lap Kok became a building site and home for over 25,000 workers who daily toiled over the now unrecognisable landscape as it was swallowed up in to the new airport area.
	www.geocities.com /teedeez/WelcometoCLK.htm (630 words)

	Encyclopedia: Chek Lap Kok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chek Lap Kok (Chinese: 赤鱲角; Jyutping: cek3 laap6 gok3; Cantonese IPA:
		The original farming and fishing villages on the island were relocated to 赤鱲角村 (Chek Lap Kok Village) on Lantau Island.
		Chek Lap Kok island is located north of Lantau Island off Ma Wan Chung and Tung Chung, and got its name from the fact that the red perch (赤鱲) was once abundant in its vicinity.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chek-Lap-Kok (1209 words)

	Flughafen Chek Lap Kok - Wikipedia
		Der internationale Flughafen von Hongkong Chek Lap Kok (香港國際機場, englisch Hong Kong International Airport),ist nach einer der Inseln benannt, auf der er gebaut wurde.
		Mit der Inbetriebnahme von Chek Lap Kok wurde der Verkehr auf dem alten Flughafen Kai Tak, der für seinen spektakulären Landeanflug berühmt war, eingestellt.
		Chek Lap Kok ist der Netzknoten von Cathay Pacific, der ehemals nationalen Fluglinie von Hongkong.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chek_Lap_Kok (357 words)

	airodyssey.net - "Hong Kong switches airports"
		Comparison of the new Chek Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong, with the legendary airport it is replacing: Kai Tak.
		The Chek Lap Kok and Kai Tak dilemma is easiy comparable with Mirabel and Dorval (later renamed Trudeau) in Montreal.
		It is a difficult job because the workers have to level hillocks on the Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau islands.
	www.airodyssey.net /articles/hongkong.html (1470 words)

	Islands District, Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tung Chung new town on the North Lantau near Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok is a new generation of new town.
		Collectively, Mui Wo and Tai O on Lantau, Cheung Chau, Lamma Island and Peng Chau are more populated than the rest of the area of the district.
		Chek Lap Kok (Hong Kong International Airport is built here)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Islands_District,_Hong_Kong (384 words)

	Leica Geosystems - Chek Lap Kok Airport 1
		When Ian Ayson and his fellow pioneers arrived on Chek Lap Kok in 1992, the granite island’s area was only 302 hectares (746 acres), and the surf of the South China Sea could be heard everywhere on the island.
		Apart from the gigantic platform itself, the most impressive structure on Chek Lap Kok is the eight-storeyed air-terminal building, 1.27 kilometres long, with a total floor area of 560’000 square metres (more than six million square feet) and an enormous, aerodynamically shaped roof that can resist typhoons.
		A complicating factor was that the upper strata of the seabed around Chek Lap Kok island were geotechnically too unstable a foundation for an airport.
	www.leica-geosystems.com /corporate/en/solutions/engineering/lgs_2261.htm (1332 words)

	Review - Check Lap Kok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The airport, called Chek Lap Kok, finally opened in Jule this year, having some problems with the automatic luggage transport system.
		There are about 3 or 4 different Sceneries for Chek Lap Kok available, I decided to choose this one, as it's the only one having photorealistic Terminal Buildings and it adds several buildings to the default Kowloon area.
		Of course there are some downsides at Chek Lap Kok as well: the jetways are too small, the door of a B777 or even a Jumbo is much higher (picture 2) Several details have been added around the airports.
	www.dazeflight.de /reviews/clk/clk.htm (621 words)

	HKAEC - Chek Lap Kok in the Past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The island in the centre is Chek Lap Kok, the place where the Hong Kong International Airport was built.
		Please note that the hill in the south tip of the island is retained for environmental protection purpose.
		Chek Lap Kok (right) viewed from the Northern Lantau Island.
	www.gakei.com /ctp/ctp.htm (116 words)

	Tyco Fire & Security - Our Industries - Industry Case Studies
		The Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok took six years to build and cost US $20,000,000,000.
		Chek Lap Kok can handle up to 87,000,000 passengers annually, with 288 check-in counters and 88 flight gates in round-the clock operation.
		The mammoth scope and leading technology of our contribution at Chek Lap Kok prove, once again, that even the largest airports can turn to Tyco Fire and Security when it counts.
	www.tycofireandsecurity.com /Internet/Aviation_Case_Study.jsp (334 words)

	Terra et Aqua - issue #74 March 1999 / International Journal on Public Works, Ports & Waterways Developments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For the construction of the platform area almost 10 million square metres of land were reclaimed west of the existing island Chek Lap Kok, preceded by dredging some 70 million cubic metres of unsuitable material.
		The total reclaimed volume was 196 million m3, from which 120 Mm3 came from the land operation of the original Chek Lap Kok island and 76 Mm3 was introduced from marine sources.
		The theoretical dredge level of the Chek Lap Kok project was in general the top of an alluvial clay layer situated under a layer of unsuitable material (500 kPa level).
	www.ocp.tudelft.nl /dredging/vlasblom/Terra%20et%20Aqua%2099/74-4.htm (3405 words)

	TNT - Chek Lap Kok - TNT Expands its Operations in Hong Kong (7th September 1998) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Upon the opening of Chek Lap Kok International Airport, TNT has announced that its Hong Kong facilities will triple due to its move to the new airport location.
		Chan added that Chek Lap Kok will play an important role in the development of both Hong Kong and the Mainland.
		TNT continues to invest heavily in technology as it sets up the new Express Cargo Terminal (ECT) at Chek Lap Kok, allowing the company to handle clearances on their own, shorten processing times and speed up deliveries.
	host.tnt.com /about/press/pr_908455248.html (431 words)

	The Journal of Asian Law \| Back Issues
		Construction of the airport, which is to be called Chek Lap Kok New Airport, has already begun on outlying Lantau Island.
		The total cost for completing the airport, and a number of bridges, tunnels and railway lines needed to link the airport to Hong Kong Island, is estimated to be in excess of US$20 billion, making it one of the largest infrastructure projects currently under way in the world.
		Section II of the article describes the Chek Lap Kok New Airport project and some of the organizations most actively involved in seeing through the project.
	ccnmtl.columbia.edu /cu/asiaweb/v9n1benn.htm (759 words)

	Hong Kong Bidding Farewell to 'Kai Tak-Heart Attack' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chek Lap Kok airport will be bigger and fancier, but won't stir the blood like Kai Tak.
		Built on a platform of reclaimed land off the northwest shore of hilly Lantau island, Chek Lap Kok will have a weather system capable of detecting wind shear.
		Operating 24 hours a day, Chek Lap Kok is expected to handle 35 million passengers a year, and the number could rise to 87 million.
	www.pacificnet.net /jue/chinanews/archives/docs/980320.html (725 words)

	Kukui Roadhouse: 08/22/99 China Airlines Chek Lap Kok Crash
		A China Airlines jet carrying more than 300 people has crashed in a tropical storm at Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok airport after fire broke out on board.
		A high of 159 on the air pollution index for a general station was recorded close to Chek Lap Kok.
		Leroy Keith stated airplane accidents are only blown out of proportion by the news it generates, but are actually often "statistically insignificant" if one were to look at the entire industry or a particular history of an airline involved.
	www.mahk.com /sc5669.htm (450 words)

	Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, wildlife (RIP)
		Chief among these was Chek Lap Kok, which will be levelled to make way for runways, leaving only a token hill.
		On this final visit to Chek Lap Kok, he could be witness to the dying days of an old friend.
		Another assistant, Steve Carson, does not always bother with the catching sticks: he caught a cobra on Chek Lap Kok by grabbing it by the tail as it crossed the path in front of him.
	martinwilliams.tripod.com /lasthunt/lasthunt.html (3326 words)

	PB Network \| Issue 37 \| 3D Modelling at Chek Lap Kok Airport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		PB is involved in much of the design work for the permanent utilities at the new Hong Kong Airport at Chek Lap Kok.
		Having all the data in the relational database allowed for bills of quantities to be available at the touch of a button.
		There is one area of the Chek Lap Kok site where PB has complete control of both permanent utilities and the drainage and sewage design because we are prime consultant for the former and a sub-consultant for the latter.
	www.pbworld.com /news_events/publications/network/Issue_37/37_28_PoyntonR_3DModellingChekLap.asp (692 words)

	Asiaweek.com
		That Chek Lap Kok airport, including HACTL operations, will eventually be fine, even its harshest critics have little doubt.
		While some inaugural glitches were understandable, the widespread breakdown that hit Chek Lap Kok's flight display, baggage, cargo and airbridge systems went far beyond the expected teething problems.
		Compounding the problem was the resignation of experienced HACTL staff unwilling to move to Chek Lap Kok.
	www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/98/0724/nat6.html (1215 words)

	Airsider - commercial aviation news and reports
		The small island Chek Lap Kok was chosen as the new place for an international airport.
		Chek Lap Kok is a state-of-the art airport, which is a true pleasure for its passengers.
		Everything is easy to find, ways are quite short and it's much more convenient to travel than in the old days.
	www.airways.ch /files/hk_focus/airports.htm (229 words)

	Airport - Comprise
		CLK is situated off the northern coast of Lantau Island, 25 kilometers west of Victoria Island.
		Of the 1248-Hectare site some 75 % are reclaimed land and required nearly 200 million metres cubed of fill material.
		Structural overlays are allowed for in the short term to correct differential settlement, which will occur in the fill areas.
	www.dynatest.com /gallery/papers/airpms02.htm (208 words)

	Chek Lap Kok Hotels - book discount hotels in HK. We have the lowest rates guaranteed for your hotel reservation.
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	www.travel2cityguides.com /hotels-Chek_Lap_Kok.aspx (261 words)

	METEOROLOGICAL SYSTEMS FOR THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK
		This will not be possible in the new airport at Chek Lap Kok where the AMO will be on the airside of the airport, more than a kilometre away from airline offices.
		This is how the aviation meteorological service switches from the "reach out and touch" mode at Kai Tak to the "reach out and show" mode at Chek Lap Kok.
		For Chek Lap Kok, the TDWR is strategically located at Tai Lam Chung which has a perfect viewing angle of the new airport runways (Figure 6).
	www.info.gov.hk /hko/wservice/tsheet/amoe.htm (1397 words)

	Foster and Partners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lying at the hub of a global region reaching across Asia and Australasia, Chek Lap Kok is one of the world’s largest airports.
		Completed in 1998 as Hong Kong’s sole air terminal, by 2040 it will handle eighty million passengers per annum - the same number as London’s Heathrow and New York’s JFK airports combined.
		The entire journey between city and airport can be completed in a remarkable twenty minutes.
	www.fosterandpartners.com /internetsite/html/Project.asp?JobNo=0639 (354 words)

	Review of a flight with Cathay Pacific in October 2004 from Hong Kong, Chek Lap Kok - HKG2 to Tokyo (Narita) - NRT at ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		October 2004 flight from Hong Kong, Chek Lap Kok - HKG2 to Tokyo (Narita) - NRT
		True, its lounges at CLK remain the best in the world, and the first class seat/bed in the B 747-400 could hardly be improved.
		However, the quality of the catering, the on board amenities, and more importantly the personal attention by the crew are a far cry from what they used to be only 2 or 3 years ago.
	www.carsurvey.org /air/review_9469.html (217 words)

	Regal Chek Lap Kok Airport Hotel - Hong Kong Hotels Travel and Hotel Guide
		The Regal Chek Lap Kok offers an oasis of thousand experiences in the midst of the airport, the perfect choice for those just 'passing through' or the businessman with only a little time to spare.
		Taking care of the needs of business travellers, ample amenities, such as having a well-equipped Business Centre, sophisticated audio-visual conferencing facilities and superb meeting and banquet venues are specially designed to cater for every detail.
		The Regal Chek Lap Kok is an integral part of Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok International Airport is directly linked to the passenger terminal by a covered walkway.
	www.yourrooms.com /hongkong_hotels/lantau/hotels/regal_chek_lapkok.htm (294 words)

	Leica Geosystems - Chek Lap Kok Airport 1
		The original geological data on the two islands, Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau, were a map made by the Hong Kong Geological Survey in 1967-69 with Leica equipment, and an update made in 1989.
		Original topographic data were prepared by the Hong Kong Government Survey and Mapping Office in 1979-80, using Leica aerial-survey cameras and stereoplotting equipment.
		Analysis of the seismic profiles, of a total length of 335km, and of data gathered from 236 bore holes and 404 CPTs (cone-penetration tests) then provided a detailed picture of the seabed surrounding Chek Lap Kok.
	www.leica-geosystems.com /corporate/en/solutions/navigation/lgs_1973.htm (827 words)

	Met.Study
		Using 10 years of data, it was found that significant episodes of terrain-induced windshear and turbulence could last from a period of several hours up to a number of days since they were governed by long-term atmospheric motions.
		Principal phenomena likely to affect aircraft operations at Chek Lap Kok include crosswinds, longitudinal windshear, large wind changes, turbulence, updrafts and downdrafts.
		from preparing the first meteorological report and from other sources, WITI designed a field experiment to understand fine-scale wind flow in the vicinity of Chek Lap Kok.
	www.rap.ucar.edu /projects/hongkong/photo.htm (258 words)

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