Members visited the soontobeopened new Hong Kong airport, Chek Lap Kok. The airport and its infrastructure are the largest construction project in the world, sited on reclaimed land north of Lantau Island. Access to the airport is via the new tunnel linking Hong Kong to Kowloon and via the Tsing Ma Bridge, the world's longest suspension and transport bridge. The airport will open on the 6th July 1998.