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FRIDAY, PECEMBER 1 1989

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FINDINGS ON USE OF UNDERGROUND SPACE ANNOUNCED

* * *

UNDERGROUND SPACE IN HONG THE STUDY ON THE POTENTIAL USE OF

AN KONG (SPUN) HAS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THAT ROCK CAVERNS CAN PROVIDE

SHORTAGE OF SPACE AND ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION TO HONG KONG'S CHRONIC

THE

THE ENVIRONMENT,

HELP TO

AND PRESERVE

IMPROVE GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER, DR TED PRYOR, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

PRINCIPAL

CONFERENCE,

ALREADY WIDELY USE MADE OF

DR PRYOR SAID ALTHOUGH OF DEEP BASEMENTS AND TUNNELS FOR HONG UTILISED IN

ROCK

LARGE

MAN-MADE

SPEAKING AT A PRESS UNDERGROUND SPACE, IN THE FORM TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES, WAS KONG, THERE HAD BEEN VERY LITTLE CAVERNS.

METROPLAN AND PORT

"IT BECAME APPARENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PADS) STUDIES, THAT MEDIUM AND LONG- TERM GROWTH OF THE URBAN AND PORT AREAS IS GOING TO BE VERY LARGE.

"IN THESE AREAS,

THE

POSSIBILITY

OF

DEVELOPMENT

UNDERGROUND

HAS BECOME VERY ATTRACTIVE FOR CERTAIN USES.

"

BENEFITS. IT WOLLD HILLS WHICH WOULD METHODS,

OF NUMBER THE ROCK CAVERN CONCEPT HAS A PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LAND, ENABLE THE USE OF STEEP OTHERWISE BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP BY CONVENTIONAL ALLOW FOR THE RETENTION OF THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE,

OF LOCATION

SOME ENVIRONMENTALLY IN THE UNDERGROUND ACTIVITIES.

AND WOULD RESULT UNDESIRABLE

YEAR ΤΟ DETERMINE

THE GOVERNMENT STARTED THE SPUN STUDY LAST THE FEASIBILITY OF FORMING UNDERGROUND ROCK CAVERNS FOR A USES.

WERE

SELECTED SEVEN CONCEPTUAL SCHEMES SEVEN SCHEMES AND THE LOCATIONS STUDIES WERE:

VARIETY OF

FOR

THE

STUDY. THE

GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES WAREHOUSE

CHAI WAN

MT DAVIS

REFUSE TRANSFER STATION

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT

OIL AND PLG STORAGE

CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION/WAREHOUSE

CONTAINER TRACTOR AND TRAILER PARKING

MT DAVIS

SOUTHWEST TSING YI

SOUTH CENTRAL TSING YI

SOUTH CENTRAL TSING YI

COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITY

QUARRY BAY

THE FIRST THREE PROJECTS LISTED ABOVE WOULD PROJECTS AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION IN SALE FOR OTHER USES.

CAVERNS

WOULD

BE PUBLIC SECTOR RELEASE

FOR

LAND

THERE ARE

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