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SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1987

"THEY WILL ALSO BE OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS THEY PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF NATURAL HONG KONG," HE SAID.

DR BRAND SAID

THE GASP

OF THE

1

AND LAND

ACADEMICS,

RESOURCES OF

075

AS

THE

A

STUDIES WERE PART OF GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO EVALUATE AND CONTROL SLOPE STABILITY WITHIN TERRITORY AS A RESULT

MID-LEVELS

ON BUILDING AND SUBSEQUENTLY LIFTED AFTER

OF THE AREA WAS SUCCESSFULLY

DEVELOPMENT IMPOSED IN MAY, 1979,

STUDY GEOTECHNICAL

COMPREHENSIVE

COMPLETED.

MORATORIUM

THE

BASED

ON

HR SAID

STUDIES WERE EVALUATING THE GEOTECHNICAL LIMITATIONS TERRAIN CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES USING AERIAL WITH FIELD RECONNAISSANCE AND THE EVALUATION OF HUNDREDS SITE INVESTIGATION RECORDS.

A

SYSTEM FOR UNIQUE OF LAND, INVOLVING LARGELY PHOTOGRAPHS, TOGETHER OF EXISTING

PROVIDING INFORMATION MAPPING SCALE

AS THEIR REPORTS WERE CONCEIVED MAINLY FOR TERRITORIAL LAND USE PLANNING, FOR WHICH PURPOSE A OF 1:20,000 WAS SUITABLE.

IN THE

INFORMATION CONTAINED SAID, THE A GOOD BASIS FOR ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY

HOWEVER, DR BRAND REPORTS ALSO PROVIDED STUDIES OF LARGE SITES.

WERK

FOUR MAPS, WHICH FORMED AN IMPORTANT PART OF EACH REPORT,

WERE QUITE DESIGNED FOR A RANGE OF PROFESSIONAL USERS. SOME OF THESE

COMPREHENSIBLE ΤΟ TECHNICAL, BUT OTHERS WERE NON-TECHNICAL AND FULLY THE LAYMAN, HE SAID.

LAND

HE ADDED THAT THE GEOTECHNICAL

CLASSES ACCORDING INTO FOUR

PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES. THE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS LIKELY GENERALISED LIMITATIONS

GROTECHNICAL

LAND USE MAP CLASSIFIED ALL

THE TO

ASSESSED CONSTRAINTS MAP PRESENTED THE MAJOR TO INFLUENCE LAND DEVELOPMENT. THE AND ENGINEERING APPRAISAL MAP BROAD AREAS WITH GOOD POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT POINT OF VIEW. THE ENGINEERING GEOLOGY MAP GAVE BASIC GEOTECHNICAL

OF INTEREST FOR

STUDIES.

INFORMATION

DELINEATED FROM A GEOTECHNICAL

GEOLOGICAL AND

FEASIBILITY

ENGINEERING

PUBLICATIONS

COVERS PUBLISHED,

HONG KONG THE FIRST 170-PAGE REPORT, JUST

THE GOVERNMENT ISLAND AND KOWLOON. AVAILABLE AT

SALES GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING IN CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE

AND IS CENTRAL AT $240. IT CONTAINS A WEALTH OF FACTUAL INFORMATION, LARGE MAPS WHICH PROVIDE AN ACCOMPANIED BY A SET OF FOUR

OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE GEOTECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS ON ALL LAND IN THE AREA.

THE OTHER 11

REPORTS IN THE

SERIES

WILL

INTERVALS OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS. EACH WILL COVER

BE PUBLISHED AT A DIFFERENT AREA

OF THE TERRITORY.

/THE GASP