SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1987
MARBLE THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "THE
OCCURS IN ISOLATED PATCHES FROM NORTH DENEATH AN APPROXIMATELY TWO-KILOMETRE-WIDE STRIP OF LAND
JUST NORTH OF TUEN MUN. IT OF SHENZHEN TO
FORMS PART OF WHAT IS WHICH
OF CARBONIFEROUS GEOLOGISTS CALL THE YUEN LONG FORMATION, AGE ABOUT 250 MILLION YEARS OLD.
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "MARBLE DOES NOT OCCUR EVERYWHERE UNDER
AND EVEN WHERE IT DOES OCCUR IT MAY NOT THE YUEN LONG PLAIN,
CONTAIN BUILDINGS IN THE CAVITIES. HOWEVER, THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNING AREA SHOULD BE AWARE
THE THAT
PROBLEMS WITH CONSTRUCTION OF FOUNDATIONS IF MARBLE EXISTS UNDER THEIR SITES,
HE FURTHER
THERE COULD BE
ADVISED THAT
THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS SHOULD BE BEDROCK CAVITIES WERE FOUND. CARRIED OUT ON SITES UNDER WHICH
THE MIGHT RESULT IN PROBLEM IN MOST CASES COULD BE OVERCOME ALTHOUGH IT HIGHER COSTS THAN USUAL.
NOW
COMPILED INFORMATION
WHICH INDICATE
THE
THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE HAS FROM ALMOST 3,000 BOREHOLES IN THE AREA, SOME OF EXISTENCE OF LARGE CAVITIES IN THE MARBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS.
TO
"IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AS MUCH ASSISTANCE AS POSSIBLE
YUEN LONG AREA, GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS WORKING IN THE
GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL DATA COLLECTED CAN BE VIEWED AT ANY TIME IN THE OFFICE," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
WAN CHAI VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN BEGINS
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WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER CALLED ON RESIDENTS TO EXERCISE THEIR THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE.
GARCIA, TODAY (SATURDAY) RIGHTS AND SHOW
SUPPORT
FOR
CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S
BOARD ELECTIONS AND EXERCISE
VOTER TAKE THEIR
OPENING THE SPEAKING AT REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN, MR GARCIA SAID RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO PART IN THE FORTHCOMING DISTRICT CIVIC RIGHTS.
"THE
DISTRICT
BOARDS HAVE
MADE
PROMOTING
RECREATIONAL
ACTIVITIES,
ACHIEVEMENTS
CULTURAL ORGANISING WORK, BUILDING COMMUNITY
TRAFFIC AND IMPROVING
VALUABLE
IN AND
AND TRANSPORT
CONDITIONS AT DISTRICT LEVELS.
/"THEY HAVE