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        "msgid": "spore-may-delay-achangi-expansion-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-12-04 00:00:00",
        "title": "S'pore may delay aChangi expansion",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "S'pore may delay aChangi expansion Singapore may delay plans to expand its famed Changi international airport due to the global downturn in the travel industry, a minister said in remarks published Monday in the Straits Times. Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said a decision on whether to go ahead with the construction of a third terminal for Changi costing S$1.5 billion (US$819 million) would be made in the coming months.",
        "content": "<p>S'pore may delay aChangi expansion<\/p>\n<p>Singapore may delay plans to expand its famed Changi<br>\ninternational airport due to the global downturn in the travel<br>\nindustry, a minister said in remarks published Monday in the<br>\nStraits Times.<\/p>\n<p>Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said a decision on whether<br>\nto go ahead with the construction of a third terminal for Changi<br>\ncosting S$1.5 billion (US$819 million) would be made in the<br>\ncoming months.<\/p>\n<p>\"In view of the downturn, we are looking to see if we should<br>\ndelay the building of Terminal 3 for a short while,\" Yeo told<br>\nlocal media Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\"We want to be sure that we don't complete Terminal 3 and have<br>\nit half empty,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from the transport ministry were unable to give<br>\nfurther details. The new terminal was originally slated to be<br>\nready in early 2006.<\/p>\n<p>According to the blueprint, the new terminal would be among<br>\nthe first in the world capable of handling the new superjumbo<br>\njet, A380, being built by European aircraft manufacturer Airbus.<\/p>\n<p>The four-storey terminal is designed to handle 20 million<br>\npassengers a year and will increase the annual passenger capacity<br>\nof Singapore's national airport to 64 million.<\/p>\n<p>Changi has consistently been voted as one of the world's best<br>\nairports in the travel industry press due to its efficient<br>\noperations and varied attractions, including shopping, business<br>\nand leisure facilities. -- AFP<\/p>",
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