SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 1989
NEW GEOTECHNICAL AREA STUDIES PROGRAMME REPORTS
FIVE NEW GEOTECHNICAL AREA STUDIES PROGRAMME (GASP) REPORTS
WATER COVERING CLEAR
BAY, NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES, EAST NEW TERRITORIES, ISLANDS AND SOUTH LANTAU HAVE JUST BEEN PUBLISHED BY GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE.
THE
WITH THE PUBLICATION OF GASP'S VII TO XI, THE ONLY REPORT
ENTIRE REMAINING IS GASP X11, WHICH GIVES A SUMMARY OF THE
TERRITORY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE PUBLISHED IN MID-APRIL.
FOR PLANNING AND
SYSTEM UNIQUE
FOR
SPECIFICALLY THE GASP STUDIES ARE DESIGNED LAND MANAGEMENT PURPOSES, AND THEY ARE BASED ON A EVALUATING THE GEOTECHNICAL LIMITATIONS OF LAND.
THE HEAD OF THE GCO AND PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT GEOTECHNICAL PART OF THE ENGINEER, DR EDWARD BRAND, SAID: "THE GASP STUDIES FORM
CONTINUING GOVERNMENT'S
EFFORTS ΤΟ EVALUATE AND CONTROL SLOPE STABILITY WITHIN THE TERRITORY.
"THEY AROSE OUT OF THE MID-LEVELS MORATORIUM ON BUILDING
1979 DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS IMPOSED IN MAY
AND SUBSEQUENTLY LIFTED AFTER A COMPREHENSIVE GEOTECHNICAL STUDY OF THE AREA WAS COMPLETED.
SUCCESSFULLY
NUMBER OF GEOTECHNICAL
"EACH REPORT CONTAINS A WEALTH OF FACTUAL INFORMATION,
PHOTOGRAPHS, FOLD-OUT COKOUR INCLUDING AERIAL
A MAPS, GENERAL PLATES, AND 1:20,000 SCALE MAPS WHICH PRESENT A ASSESSMENT OF THE AREA."
VALUE
ENVIRONMENTAL
DR BRAND SAID THE REPORTS CONTAINED INFORMATION OF GREAT
LAND DEVELOPMENT,
TO THOSE INVOLVED WITH PLANNING, ASSESSMENT AND ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY STUDIES.
LAND
ALSO "THESE DOCUMENTS WILL
BE OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS AND ACADEMICS, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF THE RESOURCES OF THE TERRITORY, HE SAID.
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STUDIES EMPLOY TERRAIN DR BRAND ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE GASP CLASSIFICATION
WHICH USE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, FIELD RECONNAISSANCE AND EXISTING SITE INVESTIGATION RECORDS.
TECHNIQUES
AVAILABLE
THE GASP REPORTS COST $150 PER COPY AND THEY ARE NOW FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL,
OF AND AT THE MAP SALES OUTLETS
LANDS BUILDINGS AND DEPARTMENT. ENQUIRIES ON THE LATTER MAY BE MADE TO 5-8482480.
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