SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1988
"THE GASP STUDIES FORM PART OF THE
GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO EVALUATE AND CONTROL SLOPE STABILITY WITHIN THE TERRITORY.
BUILDING LIFTED SUCCESSFULLY
OUT "THEY AROSE
OF THE MID-LEVELS
ON MORATORIUM DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS IMPOSED IN MAY 1979 AND SUBSEQUENTLY AFTER A COMPREHENSIVE GEOTECHNICAL STUDY OF THE AREA WAS COMPLETED," HE SAID.
FIELD
DR BRAND POINTED OUT THAT THE GASP STUDIES EMPLOY TERRAIN
TECHNIQUES WHICH CLASSIFICATION
USE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIS, RECONNAISSANCE AND EXISTING SITE INVESTIGATION RECORDS.
"EACH :
HE ADDED INFORMATION, INCLUDING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, NUMBER OF PLATES AND 1:20,000 GEOTECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE AREA.
REPORT CONTAINS
OF A WEALTH
FACTUAL FOLD-OUT COLOUR MAPS, A SCALE MAPS WHICH PRESENT A GENERAL
THE GASP MAPS AND REPORTS PUBLISHED TO DATE COVER MORE THAN 70 PER CENT OF THE TERRITORY AND CONTAIN INFORMATION OF THOSE INVOLVED WITH PLANNING, LAND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY STUDIES.
GREAT
ASSESSMENT
VALUE TO AND
THESE DOCUMENTS WILL ALSO BE OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS AND LAND ACADEMICS BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF THE RESOURCES OF THE TERRITORY.
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS IN THE SERIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND THE MAP SALES OUTLETS OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT:
GASP I
HONG KONG AND KOWLOON
GASP 11
CENTRAL NEW TERRITORIES
GASP I
WEST NEW TERRITORIES
GASP IV
NORTH WEST NEW TERRITORIES
NORTH NEW TERRITORIES
NORTH LANTAU
GASP V
GASP VI
THE NEW SERIES OF PRODUCING AS PART
OF
DR BRAND SAID THE GASP REPORTS COMPLEMENT GEOLOGICAL MAPS AND MEMOIRS WHICH THE GCO WAS THE REVISED GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORY.
THE
THE NEW GEOLOGICAL MAPS AND THE GASP REPORTS ELEMENTS OF THE GCO'S INTEGRATED APPROACH TOWARDS THE TERRITORY'S LAND RESOURCES.
FORM IMPORTANT
ASSESSMENT OF
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