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FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1990

ASD

WOULD

PLACE

THE

SAID HE

ORDER ARRANGE FOR THE WORKS TO BE UNDERTAKEN WHEN THE BEEN AGREED.

WITH

CONTRACTORS

AND

WORKS PROGRAMMB HAS

WORKS

BE SHOULD

CARRIED OUT ΤΟ GENERALLY, HE SAID,

ASD'S CLIENTS, SHOULD DECIDE STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS BUT SCHOOLS, AS

SCHEMES, CHOICE OF MATERIALS AND DESIGN AND ADVISE ASD ON COLOUR DETAILS.

MOST OF THE SERVICES APPOINTING CONSULTANTS AND

HE SAID THAT SINCE ASD WOULD TAKE OVER

SCHOOLS PREVIOUSLY UNDERTAKEN BY THE

- IT WAS NOT INTENDED THAT SCHOOLS WOULD CONTRACTORS FOR MAJOR REPAIRS BE LEFT WITHOUT A SOURCE OF PROFESSIONAL OR TECHNICAL ADVICE.

-

IRRESPECTIVE

MAY NOT BE DUB IN THE RELATION TO THE

"ASD CAN BE CONTACTED BY ANY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL OF THE FACT THAT MAJOR REPAIR WORKS MAY OR SCHOOL - TO SEEK ADVICE ON ANY MATTER OF CONCERN IN CONDITION OF BUILDINGS OR SERVICES.

NO COSTS BEING OR INVESTIGATIVE THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

"THE ADVICE WILL BE FREE OF CHARGE SUBJECT TO

EXTENSIVE UNDERTAKING

TESTING INCURRED BY ASD IN OPERATIONS TO PROVIDE THE ADVISORY SERVICE,

MAP SHOWS PRESENCE OF MARBLE AT MA ON SHAN

THE

THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE HAS PRODUCED A MAP SHOWING AREA WHICH MAY BE UNDERLAIN BY MARBLE BEDROCK IN MA ON SHAN.

THIS FOLLOWS THE DETECTION OF THE EXISTENCE OF MARBLE BEDROCK.

DR ANDREW MALONE,

THE PRINCIPAL

METRES

GEOTECHNICAL GOVERNMENT

RECENTLY IN BOREHOLES ENGINEER, SAID THE MARBLE HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED

BELOW GROUND LEVEL,

AT TWO SUNK TO DEPTHS IN EXCESS OF 50 SITES ON RECLAIMED LAND IN THE PROPOSED MA ON SHAN NEW TOWN.

DR MALONE EMPHASISED THAT BUILDINGS IN MA ON SHAN.

WAS THERE

NO

DANGER

ΤΟ

EXISTING

HE SAID THE MARBLE IS THOUGHT TO BE CONFINED WITHIN AN LESS THAN 60 HECTARES ALONG THE WATERFRONT, AND NO MARBLE WAS ON THE GROUND SURFACE.

MOST OF THE AREA HAD LAIN BENEATH THE WATERS OF BEFORE LAND RECLAMATION FROM THE SEA IN THE 1980S.

AREA

OF VISIBLE

TOLO

HARBOUR,

DEVELOPMENT AREA HAS BEEN "THE MAJOR PART OF THE MA ON SHAN

HE SAID. CONFIRMED TO BE UNDERLAIN BY GRANITE BEDROCK WITHOUT MARBLE,

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/THE MARBLE