SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1976.
ARRIVAL OF LAST SOIL EXPERT
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THE LAST, MEMBER OF THE GROUP OF EXPERTS TAKING PART IN THE SAU MAU PING LANDSLIDE INVESTIGATION ARRIVED IN HONG KONG THIS MORNING.
HE IS PROFESSOR VICTOR DE MELLO, HEAD OF THE SAN CARLOS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AT BRAZIL'S SAO PAULO UNIVERSITY.
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. WILLIAM BELL, SAID TODAY PROFESSOR DE MELLO HAD EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE OF SLOPES IN THE RESIDUAL SOILS OF BRAZIL, WHICH RESEMBLED THOSE OF HONG KONG.
IN 1972, HE HAD ATTENDED A CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING PROBLEMS IN HONG KONG, AND PRESENTED A SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE ENTITLED +THOUGHTS ON ENGINEERING APPLICABLE TO RESIDUAL SOILS+.
NEXT MONTH, PROFESSOR DE MELLO WOULD DELIVER THIS YEAR'S RANK IN LECTURE TO THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS IN LONDON, AN HONOUR AWARDED ONLY TO THE WORLD'S MOST EMINENT SOIL ENGINEERS.
MR. BELL SAID PROFESSOR DE MELLO HAD COME TO HONG KONG DIRECT FROM CARACAS, WHERE HE HAD BEEN THE GUEST LECTURER AT A VENEZUALAN ENGINEERING CONFERENCE.
PROFESSOR DE MELLO WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES OF BINNIE AND PARTNERS, THE P.W.D. CONSULTANTS PREPARING THE REPORT ON THE SAU MAU PING LANDSLIDE.
MR. BELL SAID THAT AFTER BEING BRIEFED BY BINNIES ON THE WORK DONE SO FAR AND THE LINES ON WHICH THE INVESTIGATION WAS BEING UNDERTAKEN, THE PROFESSOR WOULD BEGIN A WEEK-LONG SERIES OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE OTHER LOCAL AND OVERSEAS EXPERTS TAKING PART IN THE INVESTIGATION.
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