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HIGH PRIORITY ACCORDED TO SLOPE SAFETY

*

BEING

SAFETY THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO GIVE HIGH PRIORITY TO SLOPE

EXPENDED AND POSITIVE TERMS OF RESOURCES IN HONG KONG IN ACTION BEING TAKEN.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CONTROL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING CHECKING CONSTRUCTION WORK, CONTINUED OFFICE.

TO BE AN IMPORTANT

OFFICE (GEO) OF TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID ROUTINE OF GEOTECHNICAL DESIGNS FOR

OF FUNCTION

THE

THAT UNSAFE

HE SAID GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL WAS NEEDED TO ENSURE SLOPES, RETAINING WALLS AND SITE FORMATION WORKS WERE NOT CONSTRUCTED, AND THAT EXISTING UNSAFE SLOPES AND WALLS WERE MADE SAFE.

ABOUT HALF OF GEO'S PROFESSIONAL STAFF ARE COMMITTED

то THESE

DUTIES.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID GEO WOULD CONTINUE TO PURSUE VIGOROUSLY LANDSLIP PREVENTIVE MEASURES PROGRAMME WHICH WAS INITIATED IN 1976.

THE

OF INVESTIGATION

SLOPES AND THIS PROGRAMME PROVIDES FOR THE

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

THE INVESTIGATIONS, DESIGNS AND CARRIED OUT ENTIRELY IN-HOUSE BY GEO, FUNDS IS PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE.

CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION AND AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION

ARE

OF

STUDIES AND

SINCE 1976, ALMOST $910 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT ON WORKS TO STABILISE SEVERAL HUNDRED SLOPES AND RETAINING WALLS.

COMPACTION

OF LOOSE FILL

SLOPES,

SUCH WORK MAY INVOLVE THE BUTTRESSING RETAINING WALLS AND REINFORCING CUTTINGS.

EXPENDITURE ON THE LANDSLIP PREVENTIVE

CONTINUING AT A RATE

OF

GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON

$70 ABOUT

MILLION SLOPE MAINTENANCE

MEASURES PER IS

PROGRAMME

-AND YEAR, ADDITIONALLY

IS ANNUAL ABOUT

$40 MILLION.

THE SPOKESMAN

SAID

DURING

THE

LAST

FINANCIAL RETAINING

YEAR,

WALLS,

STABILISATION WORKS WERE COMPLETED ON 34 SLOPES AND AND WORKS STARTED ON 21 OTHERS.

OF THESE 55 SLOPES AND WALLS, 23 WERE ON HONG KONG IN KOWLOON AND 18 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

ISLAND, 14

THE EXPENDITURE DURING THE YEAR WAS ABOUT $70 MILLION.

OF THE

ON $38 MILLION PROJECT IN ADDITION, THE COMPLETION

LANDFILL AT STABILISATION AND IMPROVEMENT WORK TO THE LARGE SANITARY SAI TSO WAN HAD MADE THE AREA GEOTECHNICALLY AND FOR EXISTING AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID,

ENVIROMENTALLY SAFE

/IN THE