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SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1987

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NEIGHBOURHOOD

IN ADDITION, THE

WATCH SCHEME HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN BUILDING UP GOOD COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN SHATIN AND TAIPO NEW TOWNS.

MR GREENE SAYS THE SEPARATION OF TAIPO WILL HELP IN POLICINO SHATIN. THE DISTRICT'S PRESENT MANPOWER IS 775 DISCIPLINED OFFICERS,

WHICH WITH AN ESTABLISHMENT FIGURE OF 1 005,

WILL PROVIDE FOR THE

STAFFING OF TAIPO DISTRICT.

AFTER TAIPO SEPARATES, THE SHATIN DISTRICT WILL COMPRISE THE TIN SUM DIVISION, (WHERE THE DIVISIONAL STATION OPENED EARLIER THIS

DIVISION, WHICH WILL YEAR), SHATIN DIVISION, AND SIU LEK YUEN

COME INTO BEING EARLY NEXT YEAR AND WILL ALSO BE INITIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MA ON SHAN, WHERE MUCH HOUSING DEVELOPING IS TAKING PLACE.

GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION UNIT

1984

THE GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION

UNIT (GIU) WAS

CIVIL

ESTABLISHED IN TO PROVIDE A ENGINEERING AND

BY THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE (GCO) GEOTECHNICAL DATA BANK SERVICE то THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.

ALTHOUGH ITS POTENTIAL VALUE MAY NOT BE FULLY REALISED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THE GIU HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF USEFUL GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION FOR AUTHORISED PERSONS,

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS,

ARCHITECTS,

UNIVERSITY LECTURERS AND STUDENTS.

CONSULTANTS,

REGISTERED CONTRACTORS,

INFORMATION

OF

THE GIU HAS THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF GEOTECHNICAL IN HONG KONG, CONTAINING OVER 50,000 BOREHOLE LOGS, 10,000 VOLUMES SITE INVESTIGATION AND LABORATORY TESTING REPORTS, LANDSLIP RECORDS, AND OTHER DATA. IT ALSO CONTAINS SOME OLD SURVEY MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF HONG KONG WHICH ARE OF GREAT HISTORICAL VALUE.

IN "THE INFORMATION SHOULD BE VERY VALUABLE

THE PLANNING OF SITE FORMATION AND BUILDING WORKS AND MAY LEAD

ΤΟ FINANCIAL SAVINGS IN SITE INVESTIGATION, SAID THE GCO GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER IN CHARGE OF THE GIU, MR JOHN MAK.

THE GIU IS NOW HOUSED WITHIN THE CIVIL ENGINEERING LIBRARY (CEL), WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE 9TH FLOOR, EMPIRE CENTRE, 68 MODY ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST. APART FROM GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOLOGICAL LITERATURE, THE LIBRARY CONTAINS OVER 35,000 DOCUMENTS WHICH COVER VARIOUS FIELDS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING.

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