10
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1988
"CONSIDERABLE DEBATE HAS ALWAYS EXISTED OVER THE USE OF 'STANDARDISED' METHODS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF ROCKS AND SOILS," HE SAID.
"THE DESCRIPTIVE SCHEME RECOMMENDED IN THE GEOGUIDE IS ONE WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR HONG KONG.
"HOWEVER, MANY DIFFERENT SCHEMES EXIST, AND IT IS RECOGNISED THAT THE PRACTITIONER MAY WISH TO USE ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO THOSE RECOMMENDED.
"WHATEVER SCHEME IS EMPLOYED, THE IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE IS THAT ALL DESCRIPTIVE TERMS SHOULD BE DEFINED CLEARLY AND USED CONSISTENTLY.
г
"THEREFORE, WHILE THE GEOGUIDE PRESENTS MUCH USEFUL QUIDANCE ON GOOD DESCRIPTIVE PRACTICE, ITS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT MANDATORY.
辈
THE 189-PAGE "GEOGUIDE 3" WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $40 PER COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY).
TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR KWUN TONG
THREE MAJOR TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS WERE
CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN KWUN TONG TO TIE IN WITH THE SCHEDULED OPENING OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING (EHC) IN SEPTEMBER, 1989, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MŔ DAVID LAN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
MR LAN, WHO VISITED KWUN TONG RECENTLY, SAID HE FULLY APPRECIATED THE FEELING AND ANXIETY OF RESIDENTS AND INDUSTRIALISTS IN THE DISTRICT WHO HAVE SHOWN GREAT CONCERN ABOUT THE EXISTING TRAFFIC CONDITION AND A POSSIBLE FURTHER DETERIORATION OF THE CONDITION UPON THE SCHEDULED OPENING OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING NEXT YEAR.
V
HE ADDED THAT HE HAD CONSULTED THE TRANSPORT BRANCH WHICH HAS BEEN MADE FULLY AWARE OF THE CONCERN OF THE PEOPLE.
HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT, AS ADVISED BY THE TRANSPORT BRANCH, GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY UNDERTAKEN POSITIVE STEPS TOWARDS MAKING MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA.
OFFICE PHASES
NOTABLE AMONG THE PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE HIGHWAYS IS THE KWUN TONG BY-PASS, WHICH IS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN THREE FOR COMPLETION IN JULY 1991 BEFORE THE OPENING OF TATE'S CAIRN TUnnel.
/PHASE I .....................