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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1989
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"HONG KONG IS WELL KNOWN ABROAD FOR ITS VORACIOUS CAPACITY BUILD AND CONSTRUCT, BUT THE HIGHLY DEVELOPED METHODS USED HERE ΤΟ ASSIST IN THE PLANNING OF DEVELOPMENT ARE NOT GENERALLY APPRECIATED BY THE PUBLIC. HE SAID.
"GASP XIT IS ALSO AN HISTORICAL DOCUMENT IN ITS OWN RIGHT. BECAUSE IT CONTAINS MORE THAN 220 PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY SINCE THE MID-19TH CENTURY. HE ADDED.
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ELEVEN REGIONAL GASP REPORTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AND MAP SALES OUTLETS OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE:
GASP I
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HONG KONG AND KOWLOON
GAST II
CENTRAL NEW TERRITORIES
GASP III
WEST NEW TERRITORIES
GASP IV
NORTH WEST NEW TERRITORIES
GASP V
GASP VI
NORTH NEW TERRITORIES
NORTH LANTAU
GASP VII
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CLEAR WATER BAY
GASP VIII
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NORTH EAST NEW TERRITORIES
GASP IX
EAST NEW TERRITORIES
GASP X
GASP XI
ISLANDS
SOUTH LANTAU
DR MALONE POINTED OUT THAT THE 12 GASP REPORTS AND ACCOMPANYING 55 MAPS PUBLISHED SINCE 1987 COMPLEMENTED THE NEW GEOLOGICAL MAPS AND MEMOIRS WHICH THE GCO WAS PRODUCING AS PART OF THE REVISED GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF HONG KONG.
THE NEW GEOLOGICAL MAPS AND THE GASP REPORTS FORMED IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF THE GOO'S CO-ORDINATED APPROACH TO THE ASSESSMENT OF THE TERRITORY'S LAND AND MARINE RESOURCES. HE ADDED.
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