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SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1993

GEOLOGY MAP OF SILVERMINE BAY PUBLISHED

A NEW 1:20,000

AND

THE

SCALE MAP DEPICTING BOTH THE ONSHORE SILVERMINE OF

HAS

BY BEEN PUBLISHED GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

OFFSHORE GEOLOGY

BAY

COVER LANTAU THE EAST

ΤΟ BE THE MAP IS THE FIRST OF FOUR

ΤΟ ISSUED ISLAND AND ADJACENT AREAS, INCLUDING AREAS TO THE NORTH AND OF PUI O, MA WAN AND MOST OF TSING YI.

THE OFFSHORE AREAS TO BE INCLUDED ARE SIU MO TO, HEI LING AND TSING CHAU.

CHAU

THE MAP COVERS MANY AREAS THAT ARE DEVELOPING SIGNIFICANTLY IN HONG KONG, A SPOKESMAN FOR

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE

SAID.

THE

"PEOPLE CONCERNED WITH PLANNING, WILL FIND IT PARTICULARLY INTERESTING,

F

DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION HE SAID.

MORE DETAILED MAPS

AT A

SCALE OF 1:5,000 ARE ALSO BEING PRODUCED TO COVER MOST OF THE AREAS SHOWN ON THE SILVERMINE BAY MAP.

THE NEXT FEW THE FIRST OF THESE WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AND CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE CHARGE.

MONTHS FREE OF

MEANWHILE, A MEMOIR THAT GIVES A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY OF MAPS IS EXPECTED ΤΟ BE THE ENTIRE AREA COVERED BY THE FOUR LANTAU AVAILABLE EARLY NEXT YEAR.

SINCE THE

OFFICE CONDUCTED TOTAL OF

A

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ENGINEERING GEOTECHNICAL

THE

A TERRITORY, SYSTEMATIC SURVEY ON THE GEOLOGY OF GEOLOGICAL MAPS AT A SCALE OF 1:20,000 HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED.

ARE ON SALE AT

DEPARTMENT,

THESE MAPS AND THE MEMOIRS MAPPING OFFICE, BUILDINGS AND LANDS BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG; NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON AND THE GOVERNMENT FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.

THE SURVEY AND 14TH FLOOR, MURRAY SALES SECTION, 382 CENTRE, GROUND

KOWLOON MAP

PUBLICATIONS

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