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WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1988

"HOWEVER, MARBLE DOES NOT OCCUR EVERYWHERE IN

DISTRICT AND, EVEN WHERE IT DOES OCCUR, IT MAY NOT CONTAIN CAVITIES.

THE YUEN LONG

MR SAUNDERS ADDED THAT A MAJOR GEOLOGICAL

AIMED AT LOCATING MARBLE BEDROCK WAS NOW BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE GCO.

MAPPING PROJECT

THIS INVOLVED THE DRILLING OF DEEP ASSESSMENT OF

BOREHOLES AND EXISTING

THE BOREHOLE DATA, RESULTING DETAILED GEOLOGICAL MAPS SHOWING THE AREAS OF MARBLE KNOWN TO

IN A SERIES OF CAVITIES.

CONTAIN

THE MAPS WOULD BE PRODUCED OVER THE NEXT PRIORITY BEING GIVEN TO THE YUEN LONG TOWN AREA. A WOULD BE AVAILABLE LATER THIS MONTH.

MR SAUNDERS POINTED OUT THAT IN ADDITION MAPS, OTHER RELEVANT DATA SUCH AS BOREHOLE RECORDS REPORTS WERE BEING ASSEMBLED BY THE GCO.

TO

16 MONTHS WITH PRELIMINARY MAP

THE GEOLOGICAL AND INVESTIGATION

INFORMATION FOR

THESE DATA WOULD PROVIDE A VALUABLE SOURCE OF ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS IN THE DESIGN OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

THE

DESIGN FOR SUBMITTED FOR THE ADVICE

"CONCERNING THE SAFETY OF BUILDINGS, FOUNDATIONS FOR ANY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT MUST BE APPROVAL TO THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE, WHO WILL SEEK OF THE GCO," HE SAID.

FOUNDATIONS WHICH

"THE INTENTION IS TO GIVE APPROVAL ONLY TO WILL SAFELY SUPPORT THE BUILDINGS TO BE BUILT ON THEM.

THE GCO WAS BEING ASSISTED BY SPECIALIST CONSULTANTS, ADVISING ON THE MAPPING

WHO WERE OF THE AREA AND ON CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS, MR SAUNDERS ADDED.

SUITABLE DESIGN AND

METROPLAN WILL COMPLEMENT NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT

WITH, THE GOVERNMENT IS

COMPETE THE AND WORKS,

THE METROPLAN WILL COMPLEMENT, RATHER THAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES FOR THE NEW TOWNS TO WHICH FULLY COMMITTED, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR LANDS ROBIN SAUNDERS, STATED IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO THE HON LAU THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE HON WONG-FAT IN

MR LAU WAS ASKING ABOUT THE EFFECTS THE METROPLAN WOULD ON THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWNS.

HAVE

/MR SAUNDERS