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MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1990

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SLOPE STABILISATION IN HONG KONG

ALMOST $800 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT BY THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE ON STUDIES AND WORKS TO STABILISE NEARLY 540 SLOPES AND RETAINING WALLS SINCE THE LANDSLIP PREVENTIVE MEASURES PROGRAMME WAS INITIATED IN 1976.

CURING THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR, STABILISATION WORKS WERE COMPLETED ON 55 SLOPES AND RETAINING WALLS AND WORKS WERE COMMENCED ON 28 OTHERS.

OF THESE 83 SLOPES AND WALLS, 32 WERE ON HONG KONG IN KOWLOON AND 36 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

ISLAND, 15

THE EXPENDITURE DURING THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR WAS ABOUT $75

MILLION.

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ON THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, WORKS WILL BE IN PROGRESS ON A TOTAL OF 61 SLOPES AND RETAINING WALLS, 37 OF WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR.

OF THE 24 SLOPES AND WALLS ON WHICH WORK IS TO BEGIN DURING THE THE YEAR, 11 ARE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SIX IN KOWLOON AND SEVEN IN NEW TERRITORIES.

THE EXPENDITURE THIS FINANCIAL YEAR IS EXPECTED ΤΟ BE ABOUT $78 MILLION.

IN ADDITION, EXPENDITURE ON STABILISATION AND IMPROVEMENT

то EXPECTED TO THE LARGE SANITARY LANDFILL AT SAI TSO WAN IS THE ORDER OF $21 MILLION THIS YEAR.

BE

WORK IN

THE LANDSLIP PREVENTIVE MEASURES

AND

PROVIDES FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF SLOPES

RETAINING WALLS AND THE

AND DESIGN CONSTRUCTION OF STABILISATION MEASURES FOR UNSAFE GOVERNMENT SLOPES AND RETAINING WALLS.

PROGRAMME

THE INVESTIGATIONS, DESIGNS AND CARRIED OUT ENTIRELY IN-HOUSE BY THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE.

CONSTRUCTION

SUPERVISION ARE

UNTIL RECENTLY,

THE

PROGRAMME

SLOPES AND RETAINING WALLS WHICH COULD EVENT OF FAILURE.

WAS CONCERNED ENTIRELY CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE IN

WITH THE

OF SOME

COULD CAUSE

HOWEVER, THE PROGRAMME NOW INCLUDES THE STABILISATION UNSATISFACTORY SLOPES AND WALLS WHICH COULD INDIRECTLY CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE BY MAJOR DISRUPTION TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES, OR WHICH MAJOR ECONOMIC DISRUPTION.

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