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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1994
MOTION DEBATE ON KWUN LUNG LAU LANDSLIP
LUNG
LANDSLIP
MR JAMES IN THE
FOLLOWING IS THE SPEECH BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS,
LAU BLAKE,
MOTION IN THE
DEBATE ON KWUN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY):
MR PRESIDENT,
IT IS FOR LEGCO TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD CONDUCT ITS AND RELATED ISSUES. OWN ENQUIRY INTO THE KWUN LUNG LAU (KLL) CASE HOWEVER, MAY I ASK THAT MEMBERS SERIOUSLY CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO JUDGE THE NEED FOR A SELECT COMMITTEE, UNDER THE STATED ORDINANCE, FOLLOWING THE FULL TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE TRAGEDY AT KLL BECOMING AVAILABLE IN ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS FROM NOW.
ANALYSES WALL FAILURE. COMMITTEE, IN
THE VERY COMPLEX ONGOING TECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND ARE REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSES OF THE SLOPE AND IT MUST BE ASKED THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER A SELECT
TASK VIEW OF THESE COMPLICATIONS, IS BETTER PLACED TO CARRY OUT THIS
EXPERT SUCH AS INTERNATIONAL THAN RATHER
THE INDEPENDENCE OF AN
TEAM PRESENT
OF EXPERTS
THE IN PROFESSOR MORGENSTERN
COULD GEOTECHNICAL
ENQUIRY OFFICE. PARALLEL LINES OF
AND THE
ENGINEERING
WELL LEAD TO CONFUSION, NOT CLARITY.
WE
ARE
ALREADY INCLUDING
INVESTIGATION,
COMPLETING MUCH ARCHIVE RESEARCH,
OF A INTERVIEWS,
MAPPING, GEOLOGICAL
STUDY OF PITS,
COMPREHENSIVE TOPOGRAPHIC DRILLING
GROUNDWATER
THE
SURVEYS, SURVEYS OF EXISTING SERVICES,
SAMPLING, EXCAVATION OF TRIAL AND
CONDITIONS,
LABORATORY TESTING. WE ARE NOW PROCEEDING WITH EXTENSIVE ENGINEERING ANALYSES. THIS WORK WILL CONTINUE AS QUICKLY AS THE CAUSES OF THE CAN BE DRAWN AS TO POSSIBLE UNTIL CONCLUSIONS
DETERMINE WHETHER THE
FAILURE. ONLY THEN WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO LANDSLIP COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.
HAS
ALSO
IN ACCEPTED
HIS BRIEF
A
KLL
OUR
MORGENSTERN PROFESSOR REQUIREMENT THAT IN ADDITION TO HIS FINDINGS ON THE CAUSE OF THE ADEQUACY OF COLLAPSE, HE SHOULD ALSO ADVISE GOVERNMENT ON THE CURRENT APPROACH TO SLOPE SAFETY, THIS ADVICE CAN INCLUDE ANY FURTHER MEASURES THAT HE CONSIDERS COULD IMPROVE SLOPE SAFETY IN HK.
FAR WITH THE REVIEWING THE
PROGRESS THUS EXCELLENT
BY THE END INVESTIGATION GIVES ME ASSURANCE THAT ENQUIRY COMPLETION
ALTHOUGH A INCIDENT,
VERY OF NOVEMBER WITHIN FOUR MONTHS OF THE DEMANDING TASK, CAN BE ACHIEVED. FOR THIS REASON, THE PROFESSIONALS IN THE GROTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE ARE CONCENTRATING THEIR EFFORTS ON THIS IS TO THIS TASK, WITHOUT BEING DISTRACTED BY OTHER ISSUES. ENSURE THAT THE PROGRESS AND THE QUALITY OF THE REPORT WILL
COULD WELL BE ADVERSELY PRIORITY, A PRIORITY THAT ABSOLUTE
BY ANOTHER LINE OF ENQUIRY BEING OPENED AT THIS TIME.
RECEIVE AFFECTED
/WE HAVE