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FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1992

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INFORMATION ON SLOPES AND SQUATTER STUDIES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ΤΟ PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE GOVERNMENT CATALOGUE OF SLOPES AND RETAINING WALLS, ALONG WITH THE RESULTS OF GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF SQUATTER AREAS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM THE CATALOGUE BY COMPLETING AN APPLICATION FORM, COPIES OF WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE AT DISTRICT OFFICES FROM JUNE 16, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ENQUIRING ABOUT SLOPES OR RETAINING WALLS ADJOINING THEIR OWN HOMES.

THE SPOKESMAN REQUESTED THAT RESIDENTS OF THE SAME BUILDING SUBMIT ONLY ONE APPLICATION FORM THROUGH THEIR REPRESENTATIVES INSTEAD OF SUBMITTING SEPARATE APPLICATIONS.

THE CATALOGUE CONSISTS OF DATA SHEETS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF MORE THAN 10,000 SLOPES, AND RETAINING WALLS.

EACH DATA SHEET INCLUDES INFORMATION ON THE HEIGHT AND STEEPNESS OF EACH SLOPE AND RETAINING WALL, DRAINAGE DETAILS AND POSITION OF THE NEAREST STRUCTURE.

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ALONG WITH DATA FROM THE CATALOGUE, THE APPLICANT WILL BE GIVEN INFORMATION ABOUT SUBSEQUENT CHANGES OR ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S LONG-TERM PROGRAMME OF GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS PREVENTIVE WORKS.

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MOST OF THE SQUATTER AREAS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CATALOGUE, AND SEPARATE GEOTECHNICAL STUDIES OF SQUATTER AREAS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN BY THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE IN THE LAST DECADE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE SQUATTER STUDIES UNDERTAKEN BY GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE BY TELEPHONING 762 5231 AND THIS SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM JUNE 29, 1992.

REVIEW OF COMAC OFFICE

THE GOVERNMENT WILL REVIEW THE ROLE AND JURISDICTION OF THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS {EOMAC} ΤΟ SEE IF CHANGES ARE NECESSARY.

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ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (FRIDAY) A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE COMAC OFFICE HAD OPERATED FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS AND A REVIEW WAS THEREFORE CONSIDERED TIMELY.

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