WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1992
30
HIGH PRIORITY ACCORDED TO SLOPE SAFETY
*
BEING
SAFETY THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO GIVE HIGH PRIORITY TO SLOPE
EXPENDED AND POSITIVE TERMS OF RESOURCES IN HONG KONG IN ACTION BEING TAKEN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CONTROL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING CHECKING CONSTRUCTION WORK, CONTINUED OFFICE.
TO BE AN IMPORTANT
OFFICE (GEO) OF TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID ROUTINE OF GEOTECHNICAL DESIGNS FOR
OF FUNCTION
THE
THAT UNSAFE
HE SAID GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL WAS NEEDED TO ENSURE SLOPES, RETAINING WALLS AND SITE FORMATION WORKS WERE NOT CONSTRUCTED, AND THAT EXISTING UNSAFE SLOPES AND WALLS WERE MADE SAFE.
ABOUT HALF OF GEO'S PROFESSIONAL STAFF ARE COMMITTED
то THESE
DUTIES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID GEO WOULD CONTINUE TO PURSUE VIGOROUSLY LANDSLIP PREVENTIVE MEASURES PROGRAMME WHICH WAS INITIATED IN 1976.
THE
OF INVESTIGATION
SLOPES AND THIS PROGRAMME PROVIDES FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF STABILISATION THE DESIGN AND RETAINING WALLS AND MEASURES FOR UNSAFE GOVERNMENT SLOPES AND RETAINING WALLS.
THE INVESTIGATIONS, DESIGNS AND CARRIED OUT ENTIRELY IN-HOUSE BY GEO, FUNDS IS PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION AND AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION
ARE
OF
STUDIES AND
SINCE 1976, ALMOST $910 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT ON WORKS TO STABILISE SEVERAL HUNDRED SLOPES AND RETAINING WALLS.
COMPACTION
OF LOOSE FILL
SLOPES,
SUCH WORK MAY INVOLVE THE BUTTRESSING RETAINING WALLS AND REINFORCING CUTTINGS.
EXPENDITURE ON THE LANDSLIP PREVENTIVE
CONTINUING AT A RATE
OF
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON
$70 ABOUT
MILLION SLOPE MAINTENANCE
MEASURES PER IS
PROGRAMME
-AND YEAR, ADDITIONALLY
IS ANNUAL ABOUT
$40 MILLION.
THE SPOKESMAN
SAID
DURING
THE
LAST
FINANCIAL RETAINING
YEAR,
WALLS,
STABILISATION WORKS WERE COMPLETED ON 34 SLOPES AND AND WORKS STARTED ON 21 OTHERS.
OF THESE 55 SLOPES AND WALLS, 23 WERE ON HONG KONG IN KOWLOON AND 18 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ISLAND, 14
THE EXPENDITURE DURING THE YEAR WAS ABOUT $70 MILLION.
OF THE
ON $38 MILLION PROJECT IN ADDITION, THE COMPLETION
LANDFILL AT STABILISATION AND IMPROVEMENT WORK TO THE LARGE SANITARY SAI TSO WAN HAD MADE THE AREA GEOTECHNICALLY AND FOR EXISTING AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID,
ENVIROMENTALLY SAFE
/IN THE