The Hong Kong government has conditionally approved the proposal to build a third runway at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA).
The announcement came on Tuesday despite concerns of pollution and encroachment on the habitat of China's endangered white dolphins.
The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) says a quantitative survey held last summer, as part of a three-month public consultation period on the expansion of the airport, showed that 73 percent of the respondents preferred the three-runway option.
The alternative was maintaining the two-runway system, yet adding more facilities such as another passenger concourse.
"Our airport's future development into a three-runway system is crucial if we are to maintain Hong Kong's status as a leading international and regional aviation center," said Dr. Marvin Cheung Kin-tung, chairman of the AAHK.
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