PRH 7 4000001
H 香港政府 GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
Tuesday, November 7, 1972
RAINSTORM COMMISSION OF INQUIRY RELEASES INTERIM REPORT
The Government has accepted the recommendations contained in the
interim report of the Commission of Inquiry into the June rainstorm disasters
and urgent action by the Public Works Department has been taken to implement
them.
The interim report, which deals almost entirely with the landslip
disaster at Sau Mau Ping in which 71 people were killed and 60 others injured,
concludes that "the landslip was due primarily to softening of the fill material
caused by infiltration of rainwater mainly, through the sloping face, as a
result of an exceptionally long and intense rainstorm."
Members of the Commission feel at this stage, that they are not in
a position to make firm recommendations as to how similar landslips can be
avoided in the future without prejudging issues relative to other landslips.
They do, however, recommend certain immediate precautions which should
be taken with respect to other embankments similar to that at Sau Mau Ping.
These precautions include:
(1) All such embankment slopes should be checked and
particular attention paid to underground water conditions, effectiveness of drainage and checks made for visible cracks. Inspections should preferably be carried out shortly after heavy rain.
/(2) Should
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tet: 5-233191