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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1987

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GEOTECHNICAL REPORT ON CENTRAL NT OUT

A NEW GEOTECHNICAL AREA STUDIES PROGRAMME (GASP) REPORT FOCUSING ON THE CENTRAL NEW TERRITORIES HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES

DEPARTMENT.

THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF 12 SUCH REPORTS WHICH CONTAIN REGIONAL GEOTECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS OF ALL THE LAND IN THE TERRITORY, THE LATEST REPORT ENCOMPASSES TSING YI, TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND SHA TIN.

PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER, DR E.W. BRAND, SAID THE REPORT CONTAINED A WEALTH OF FACTUAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, FOLD-OUT COLOUR MAPS, AND A SET OF FOUR MAPS WHICH PROVIDED AN OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE GEOTECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS ON ALL THE LAND IN THE AREA.

**THE GEOTECHNICAL AREA STUDIES PROGRAMME REPORTS WILL BE INVALUABLE TO THOSE INVOLVED WITH PLANNING, LAND DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY STUDIES.

"THEY WILL ALSO BE OF GREAT INTEREST TO TEACHERS AND ACADEMICS + BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF THE NATURAL LAND RESOURCES OF THE TERRITORY, DR BRAND SAID.

HE CONTINUED: "THE GASP STUDIES ARE BASED ON TERRAIN CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES WHICH USE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, FIELD RECONNAISSANCE AND EXISTING SITE INVESTIGATION RECORDS.

"THEY WILL PROVIDE A GOOD BASIS FOR ENGINEERING STUDIES OF LARGE SITES."

FEASIBILITY

THE GASP REPORTS COMPLEMENT THE NEW SERIES OF 15 GEOLOGICAL MAPS AND SIX ACCOMPANYING DESCRIPTIVE MEMOIRS WHICH THE GCO IS ALSO PRODUCING.

NOW ON

CONSISTS SALE AT (GROUND

THE MAP

THE GASP REPORT ON THE CENTRAL NEW TERRITORIES, WHICH OF A 165-PAGE VOLUME AND FOUR ACCOMPANYING MAPS, IS $150 PER SET FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE

CONNAUGHT FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING,

PLACE) AND SALES OFFICE OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT (FIFTH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD).