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Central to such developments will be the improved recording of, and access to, slope stability and location data which will then provide the basis for enhanced warning systems.
The Board has already established an effective linkage with the professional community through meetings with the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers, and is maintaining an active interest in future manpower requirements.
The first two meetings, comprising Professor Robin Fell, Sir John Knill and Professor Norbert R Morgenstern, were held in July and December last year.
The three Board members have extensive, world-wide academic and practical experience with the design, construction and stabilisation of slopes, including in Asia and the Pacific Rim. Following are their short biographies:
Professor Robin Fell
Professor Fell is Head of the Department of Geotechnical Engineering in the University of New South Wales, Australia.
He is the joint author of a research study on landslide risk assessment for Hong Kong completed in 1995, and has worked extensively on slope and dam safety in South-east Asia and Australasia.
Sir John Knill
Sir John is an Emeritus Professor of Engineering Geology at Imperial College, London, and former Chairman and Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council of the United Kingdom.
He was a member of the panel which reported on the Sau Mau Ping failure in 1976 and wrote independent reports on the two fatal landslides of 1995.
Professor Norbert R Morgenstern
Professor Morgenstern is a University Professor of Civil Engineering in the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada and past President of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
He was a member of the panel which reported on the Sau Mau Ping failure in 1976 and was the author of the independent report on the Kwun Lung Lau failure of 1994.
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