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SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1987

MARBLE THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "THE

OCCURS IN ISOLATED PATCHES FROM NORTH DENEATH AN APPROXIMATELY TWO-KILOMETRE-WIDE STRIP OF LAND

JUST NORTH OF TUEN MUN. IT OF SHENZHEN TO

FORMS PART OF WHAT IS WHICH

OF CARBONIFEROUS GEOLOGISTS CALL THE YUEN LONG FORMATION, AGE ABOUT 250 MILLION YEARS OLD.

+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "MARBLE DOES NOT OCCUR EVERYWHERE UNDER

AND EVEN WHERE IT DOES OCCUR IT MAY NOT THE YUEN LONG PLAIN,

CONTAIN BUILDINGS IN THE CAVITIES. HOWEVER, THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNING AREA SHOULD BE AWARE

THE THAT

PROBLEMS WITH CONSTRUCTION OF FOUNDATIONS IF MARBLE EXISTS UNDER THEIR SITES,

HE FURTHER

THERE COULD BE

ADVISED THAT

THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS SHOULD BE BEDROCK CAVITIES WERE FOUND. CARRIED OUT ON SITES UNDER WHICH

THE MIGHT RESULT IN PROBLEM IN MOST CASES COULD BE OVERCOME ALTHOUGH IT HIGHER COSTS THAN USUAL.

NOW

COMPILED INFORMATION

WHICH INDICATE

THE

THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE HAS FROM ALMOST 3,000 BOREHOLES IN THE AREA, SOME OF EXISTENCE OF LARGE CAVITIES IN THE MARBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS.

TO

"IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AS MUCH ASSISTANCE AS POSSIBLE

YUEN LONG AREA, GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS WORKING IN THE

GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL DATA COLLECTED CAN BE VIEWED AT ANY TIME IN THE OFFICE," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

WAN CHAI VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN BEGINS

* * *

WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER CALLED ON RESIDENTS TO EXERCISE THEIR THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE.

GARCIA, TODAY (SATURDAY) RIGHTS AND SHOW

SUPPORT

FOR

CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S

BOARD ELECTIONS AND EXERCISE

VOTER TAKE THEIR

OPENING THE SPEAKING AT REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN, MR GARCIA SAID RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO PART IN THE FORTHCOMING DISTRICT CIVIC RIGHTS.

"THE

DISTRICT

BOARDS HAVE

MADE

PROMOTING

RECREATIONAL

ACTIVITIES,

ACHIEVEMENTS

CULTURAL ORGANISING WORK, BUILDING COMMUNITY

TRAFFIC AND IMPROVING

VALUABLE

IN AND

AND TRANSPORT

CONDITIONS AT DISTRICT LEVELS.

/"THEY HAVE