Executive Summary


Environmental Report 2006 - Striving for Success

In its role as Hong Kong's civil aviation authority, Civil Aviation Department (CAD) is responsible for managing aircraft noise and ensuring that it will not compromise Hong Kong's environment.

In 2006, we met all but one of our noise-abatement targets. Though this fell short of our goal, performance was still an improvement over 2005, and provides a solid foundation for the future. As this report explains in detail, we continue to work diligently to reduce the impact of aircraft noise.

Our green policy in 2006 included energy conservation, paper conservation, recycling, and the proper disposal of environmentally hazardous waste. During the year, we remained on track with these important initiatives, and achieved encouraging results in all areas. A minor increase in the daily average energy consumption of 0.1% was recorded at CAD's premises, but this was still below the level seen in 2002. Electricity consumption rose by 3.56% at our Backup Air Traffic Control Complex, which will be the focus of enhanced efforts in the year ahead.

If you have any comment on this report, you are welcome to contact CAD via e-mail at enquiry@cad.gov.hk or by mail to the address shown under Contact Us.