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FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1992

SECRETARY FOR WORKS ON BAGUIO VILLA LANDSLIDE

THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, ON THE LANDSLIDE AT BAGUIO VILLA ON MAY 8:

ENGINEERS

"SINCE THE OCCURRENCE OF THE LANDSLIDE LAST FRIDAY, FROM THE GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT WORKS AT THE CREST OF THE THE WORKS WILL LANDSLIDE TO REMOVE ANY IMMEDIATE AND OBVIOUS DANGER. BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, PROVIDED THAT THE WEATHER CONTINUOUSLY ADVERSE.

IS NOT

THEY

RISK

THE

"ENGINEERS HAVE ALSO EXAMINED THE LANDSLIDE AREA CLOSELY. ARE OF THE OPINION THAT, AT TIMES OF EXCEPTIONAL RAINFALL, SOME WILL REMAIN OF SMALL-SCALE LANDSLIPS, BUT THESE WILL NOT THREATEN

26 AT BAGUIO VILLA. STABILITY OF

STRUCTURE OF BLOCK THE TOWER

MAY THEREFORE, ALL RESIDENTIAL UNITS OF BLOCK 26 CAN BE REOCCUPIED ON

BEEN ELIMINATED, THE 21. HOWEVER, UNTIL ALL RISKS OF LANDSLIPS HAVE

ALL CAR AREAS NON-RESIDENTIAL

ON THE PODIUM AND BELOW,

OF THE LIFT PARKING AREAS, WILL REMAIN CLOSED, WITH THE EXCEPTION LOBBY AND EXIT PASSAGES ON PODIUM LEVEL.

INCLUDING

"THE FOUR

BAGUIO BLOCKS AT GOVERNMENT MEANWHILE ALSO REMAIN CLOSED.

VILLA MUST IN THE

ARRANGEMENTS IN HAND TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO SLOPE INFORMATION

OF THE PUBLIC ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO PROVIDE MEMBERS ACCESS TO INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE GOVERNMENT CATALOGUE OF SLOPES,

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

CIVIL

MADE

THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT IS HOPED THAT THE CATALOGUE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT THE GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION UNIT IN JUNE.

A DATA SHEET FOR THE CATALOGUE OF SLOPES INCLUDES

EACH OF ABOUT THE HEIGHT 10,000 SLOPES. THE DATA SHEET CONTAINS INFORMATION

THE AND STEEPNESS OF THE SLOPES, DRAINAGE DETAILS AND THE POSITION OF NEAREST STRUCTURE.

YEARS AGO BY SKILLED THIS FACTUAL INFORMATION WAS USED SOME

OFFICE TO MAKE AN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS IN THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF FAILURE OF A SLOPE CONSEQUENCES IF FAILURE OCCURRED.

AND THE

THIS INITIAL ASSESSMENT WAS THEN USED TO PRIORITISE THE

INVESTIGATIONS, FOR THE LONG-TERM PROGRAMME OF SLOPE STABILITY STARTED IN 1976 AND IS STILL CONTINUING.

SLOPE STABILITY INVESTIGATIONS UNDER THIS BEEN COMPLETED FOR 4,300 SLOPES IN THE CATALOGUE. WAS REQUIRED FOR 880 OF THE 4,300 SLOPES.

PROGRAMME

SLOPES WHICH

NOW STABILISATION WORK

HAVE

/MOST OF