Airport Core Programme

The Airport Core Programme was a series of <a href="/facts/Infrastructure/QJvbsSpl">infrastructure projects</a> centred on the new <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong_International_Airport/MoIdMs4Q">Hong Kong International Airport</a> during the early 1990s. The programme was part of the <a href="/facts/Port_and_Airport_Development_Strategy/bl5udLoc">Port and Airport Development Strategy</a>, commonly known as the Rose Garden Project.
The cost for the whole project was estimated at over <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong_dollar/3eaU9sp2">HK$</a>200 billion, and the <a href="/facts/Government_of_China/wGcnIR4s">Chinese Government</a> was concerned about its impact on the financial reserve of the future <a href="/facts/Government_of_Hong_Kong/AyXflbNn">Hong Kong SAR Government</a>. Several changes were made to the plan, including the shortening in distance of the two main towers of the <a href="/facts/Tsing_Ma_Bridge/RzHSxa72">Tsing Ma Bridge</a> and the construction of the Airport Railway as a double-track railway. The project ended up costing <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong_dollar/3eaU9sp2">HK$</a>160.2 billion.
The Programme formally commenced after the signing of a memorandum of understanding between <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom/Uf40UlBb">British Prime Minister</a> <a href="/facts/John_Major/CjVsIeWv">John Major</a> and <a href="/facts/Premier_of_the_People%2527s_Republic_of_China/K2UtWsSI">Chinese Premier</a> <a href="/facts/Li_Peng/ngykLbrv">Li Peng</a> in Beijing on 3 September 1991, and lasted eight years in total. It was the most expensive airport project in the world, according to the <a href="/facts/Guinness_World_Records/Az88wVWk">Guinness World Records</a>. It was the biggest infrastructure programme in Hong Kong's history.

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Airport Core Programme