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FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1992

BEEN

THE CATALOGUE, MOST OF THE SQUATTER AREAS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN

OF SQUATTER AREAS HAVE BECAUSE SEPARATE GEOTECHNICAL STUDIES UNDERTAKEN.

THESE STUDIES ENABLED THE HIGH RISK SQUATTERS TO BE TARGETED FOR EARLY CLEARANCE.

SQUATTERS HAVE

SLOPES OCCUPIED

BY

ALREADY BEEN

CLEARED FROM

MORE THAN 60,000 THESE HIGH RISK SLOPES AND PROVIDED WITH BETTER HOUSING.

LESS THAN 2,000 REMAIN IN AREAS ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE LANDSLIPS DURING HEAVY RAIN, AND THESE WILL ALL BE CLEARED BY 1994.

то

GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION UNIT USEFUL GEOLOGICAL AND

GEOTECHNICAL

FOR MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS, THE HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR REFERENCE BY THE GEOTECHNICAL PROFESSION IN HONG KONG.

INFORMATION IT CONTAINS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF GEOTECHNICAL THE TERRITORY, INCLUDING THE CATALOGUE OF SLOPES.

IN

WITHIN THE CIVIL THE GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION UNIT IS HOUSED

AT 101 PRINCESS ENGINEERING LIBRARY

MARGARET ROAD, HO MAN

KOWLOON.

TIN,

UPGRADING OF LINGNAN COLLEGE TO TERTIARY STATUS

THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSED TO INTRODUCE A BILL SHORTLY FOR THE INCORPORATION OF LINGNAN COLLEGE AS A DEGREE-AWARDING INSTITUTION.

THE DECISION TO UPGRADE THE COLLEGE TO TERTIARY STATUS IS PART OF GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO PROVIDE FIRST-YEAR-FIRST-DEGREE PLACES FOR AT LEAST 18 PER CENT OF THE AVERAGE POPULATION IN THE 17-20 AGE GROUP, OR 14,500 PLACES, BY 1994/95.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH SAID: "AS THE SEVENTH TERTIARY INSTITUTION FUNDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC), LINGNAN COLLEGE WILL HAVE ITS OWN ACADEMIC PROFILE, CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS MEETING GOVERNMENT'S STUDENT NUMBER TARGET, AND HELP PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH A WIDER RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

"IT IS EXPECTED TO OFFER ABOUT 700 PLACES BY 1994/95,"

FIRST-YEAR-FIRST-DEGREE

TO ENSURE THAT THE COLLEGE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION, MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF A GROWING NUMBER OF FIRST DEGREE PROGRAMMES, IT IS PROPOSED TO GRANT BY PRIVATE TREATY A SITE OF ABOUT EIGHT HECTARES AT TUEN MUN AREA 52 (FU TEI) TO THE COLLEGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CAMPUS.

/THE SPOKESMAN