WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1980
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PREVENTIVE WORK CARRIED OUT ON SLOPES
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THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON JACK STEAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THAT PREVENTIVE WORKS HAD BEEN COMPLETED ON OVER 100 MAJOR FILL SLOPES.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON S.L. CHEN ON THE CURRENT STATE OF GEOTECHNICAL WORKS AND WORKS UNDERTAKEN TO IMPROVE SLOPE STABILITY.
MR STEAN SAID THAT WORKS WERE CURRENTLY IN HAND ON A FURTHER 18 SLOPES AS PART OF AN ON-GOING STABILISATION PROGRAMME.
HE SAID THE COUNCIL HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY INFORMED THAT GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT ON MORE THAN 10 000 SLOPES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHICH WERE FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY AND REQUIRED LITTLE OR NO REMEDIAL WORKS.
+THE PROGRESSIVE PROGRAMME OF DETAILED STUDIES ON THE REMAINDER OF THESE SLOPES IS CONTINUING AND IN CASES WHERE THE STABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INADEQUATE, PREVENTIVE WORKS ARE PUT IN HAND AS A MATTER OF URGENCY, HE ADDED.
FULL ALERT TO BLOCKED DRAINS
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THE DRAINAGE SPECIALIST GANGS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, OPERATING ON A 24-HOUR STAND-BY SYSTEM DURING THE WET SEASON, ARE AVAILABLE TO DEAL PROMPTLY WITH BLOCKAGES IN THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON JACK STEAN, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON WONG LAM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
HE SAID THAT THE STAND-BY PERSONNEL WOULD BE INCREASED WHEN HEAVY RAIN WAS FORECAST AND COULD BE SUPPLEMENTED AS NECESSARY BY CONTRACT LABOUR.
MR STEAN SAID: INSPECTIONS OF DRAINAGE INSTALLATIONS ARE CARRIED OUT ABOUT ONCE EVERY WEEK ON AVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
+ANY MINOR BLOCKAGES FOUND ARE CLEARED IMMEDIATELY AND WHERE MORE EXTENSIVE WORKS ARE NECESSARY THEY ARE ORDERED DIRECTLY ON THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS.+
IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED, HE ADDED, THAT STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT REGULARLY CLEARED ROAD GULLIES AS PART OF THE IR CLEANSING DUTIES.
/+DESPITE THESE .....