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SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1988

"THE GASP STUDIES FORM PART OF THE

GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO EVALUATE AND CONTROL SLOPE STABILITY WITHIN THE TERRITORY.

BUILDING LIFTED SUCCESSFULLY

OUT "THEY AROSE

OF THE MID-LEVELS

ON MORATORIUM DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS IMPOSED IN MAY 1979 AND SUBSEQUENTLY AFTER A COMPREHENSIVE GEOTECHNICAL STUDY OF THE AREA WAS COMPLETED," HE SAID.

FIELD

DR BRAND POINTED OUT THAT THE GASP STUDIES EMPLOY TERRAIN

TECHNIQUES WHICH CLASSIFICATION

USE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIS, RECONNAISSANCE AND EXISTING SITE INVESTIGATION RECORDS.

"EACH :

HE ADDED INFORMATION, INCLUDING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, NUMBER OF PLATES AND 1:20,000 GEOTECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE AREA.

REPORT CONTAINS

OF A WEALTH

FACTUAL FOLD-OUT COLOUR MAPS, A SCALE MAPS WHICH PRESENT A GENERAL

THE GASP MAPS AND REPORTS PUBLISHED TO DATE COVER MORE THAN 70 PER CENT OF THE TERRITORY AND CONTAIN INFORMATION OF THOSE INVOLVED WITH PLANNING, LAND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY STUDIES.

GREAT

ASSESSMENT

VALUE TO AND

THESE DOCUMENTS WILL ALSO BE OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS AND LAND ACADEMICS BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF THE RESOURCES OF THE TERRITORY.

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS IN THE SERIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND THE MAP SALES OUTLETS OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT:

GASP I

HONG KONG AND KOWLOON

GASP 11

CENTRAL NEW TERRITORIES

GASP I

WEST NEW TERRITORIES

GASP IV

NORTH WEST NEW TERRITORIES

NORTH NEW TERRITORIES

NORTH LANTAU

GASP V

GASP VI

THE NEW SERIES OF PRODUCING AS PART

OF

DR BRAND SAID THE GASP REPORTS COMPLEMENT GEOLOGICAL MAPS AND MEMOIRS WHICH THE GCO WAS THE REVISED GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORY.

THE

THE NEW GEOLOGICAL MAPS AND THE GASP REPORTS ELEMENTS OF THE GCO'S INTEGRATED APPROACH TOWARDS THE TERRITORY'S LAND RESOURCES.

FORM IMPORTANT

ASSESSMENT OF

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