WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1987
DR BRAND ALSO EMPHASISED THAT THERE WAS NO DANGER TO EXISTING BUILDINGS AS NO LARGE CAVITIES HAD BEEN REPORTED IN CONNECTION WITH EXISTING BUILDINGS, NOR WERE THERE ANY SIGNS THAT THEY WERE AFFECTED.
THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE HAS NOW COMPILED INFORMATION FROM ALMOST 3,000 BOREHOLES IN THE AREA, SOME OF WHICH INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF CAVERNOUS MARBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN YUEN LONG.
"IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AS MUCH ASSISTANCE AS POSSIBLE ΤΟ ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS WORKING IN THE YUEN LONG AREA, THE DATA COLLECTED CAN BE VIEWED
AT ANY TIME IN THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE, HE SAID.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE YUEN LONG MARBLE FORMS ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE DATA BEING COLLECTED FOR THE NEW 1:20,000 SCALE GEOLOGICAL MAPS NOW BEING PREPARED FOR THE WHOLE TERRITORY.
THE FIRST TWO OF THESE, AND THE TWO ACCOMPANYING DESCRIPTIVE MEMOIRS, WENT ON SALE RECENTLY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES OUTLETS.
THE GEOLOGICAL MAP AND MEMOIR WHICH COVER THE YUEN LONG AREA WILL BE AVAILABLE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.
NEW NT CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRE PLANNED
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THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE
(YEAS) OF THE LABOUR
DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING TO SET UP A CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRE IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES NEXT YEAR.
CLUB, IT
AND WITH FUNDS DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY IS ALSO PRODUCING A NEW SERIES OF VIDEO FILMS ON JOBS AVAILABLE IN THE LOCAL INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS.
MR DARWIN
THESE WERE DISCLOSED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, CHEN, AT THE OPENING OF THE 9TH SEMINAR ON CAREERS EDUCATION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS AND GUIDANCE MASTERS AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR CHEN TOLD A GATHERING OF ABOUT 100 CAREERS TEACHERS WHO ATTENDED THE EVENT THAT THE NEW CENTRE, SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING THREE RUN BY YEAS, WOULD PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A VARIETY OF REFERENCE MATERIALS, SOUND-ON-SLIDES, AS WELL AS VIDEO-CASSETTE RECORDINGS ON CAREERS INFORMATION AND FURTHER STUDIES.
/HE NOTED