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Wednesday, August 30, 1972

REOPENING OF ROAD HELD UP BY DANGER OF LANDSLIDES

It is hoped to have at least one lane of Ching Cheung Road in

north-west Kowloon re-opened to traffic in about six weeks' time if

weather permits. The road was closed following landslips in June.

The Acting Director of Public Works, the Hon. A.S. Robertson,

said this today in the Legislative Council in reply to a question by Dr.

the Hon. S.Y. Chung.

He said the problem of re-opening the road was not simply to

remove the large amount of slipped material 70,000 cubic yards

the repair of the slip face.

and

The problem was that any activity here during the wet season

was difficult and dangerous since there was still a risk of further

landslides due to treacherous mixture of weak soft material and large

boulders overhanging the site," he said.

In this connection, Mr. Robertson said, all work must be done

with extreme care and, as a result, general progress had been slow.

"However, the contractor has worked with all possible speed and

is continuing to do so," he said.

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