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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1994

DURING HER TOUR OF THE FAUNA CONSERVATION SECTION, THE ACTING GOVERNOR SHOWED MUCH INTEREST IN THE DEPARTMENT'S ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATIONAL WORK IN RELATION TO THE CONVENTION IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES). SHE ALSO INSPECTED SAMPLES OF SEIZED ENDANGERED ITEMS.

FOLLOWING HER VISIT TO THE AFD HEADQUARTERS, MRS CHAN PROCEEDED ΤΟ THE CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE FOOD MARKET PHASE I, WHERE SHE INSPECTED NEW AND MODERN FACILITIES IN ONE OF THE REGION'S BEST EQUIPPED WHOLESALE MARKETS.

MRS CHAN WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHASE II OF THE MARKET WHICH WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED SOMETIME IN 1997.

THE NEW MARKET WOULD REPROVISION TWO OLD AND DILAPIDATED WHOLESALE MARKETS THE YAU MA TEI FRUIT MARKET AND THE CHEUNG SHA WAN TEMPORARY POULTRY MARKET.

INTERNATIONAL LANDSLIDE EXPERT APPOINTED

THE ACTING GOVERNOR, MRS ANSON CHAN, ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT PROFESSOR NORBERT MORGENSTERN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, CANADA HAS ACCEPTED APPOINTMENT AS THE INTERNATIONAL EXPERT FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THE KWUN LUNG LAU LANDSLIP.

INVESTIGATION OF

PROFESSOR MORGENSTERN WILL BE REVIEWING THE THE KWUN LUNG LAU LANDSLIP BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE AND REPORTING INDEPENDENTLY TO THE GOVERNMENT. HE IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

PROFESSOR MORGENSTERN IS PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA AND THE IMMEDIATE-PAST PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING.

PROFESSOR MORGENSTERN IS A DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER WHO HAS ACTED AS AN EXPERT CONSULTANT ON LANDSLIDES ΤΟ GOVERNMENTS AND PRIVATE SECTOR BODIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. HE HAS BEEN HONOURED IN CANADA BY THE AWARD OF DEGREES OF D.ENG (H.C.) UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO. AND D.SC(H.C.) QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY,

CANADA AND OF THE HE WAS AWARDED THE ALBERTA ORDER OF

HE IS A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING. EXCELLENCE IN 1991.

INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF

PROFESSOR MORGENSTERN WAS A MEMBER OF THE PANEL ON FILL SLOPES APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR IN 1976 IN THE WAKE THE SAU MAU PING LANDSLIDE.

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, DR ANDREW MALONE, HAS CONFIRMED THAT BOTH HE AND PROFESSOR MORGENSTERN ARE SATISFIED THAT NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST WILL ARISE FROM HIS APPOINTMENT, RELATING TO THE INVESTIGATION AND HIS PRIOR CONTRACTS WITH WORK IN HONG KONG.

PROFESSOR MORGENSTERN UNDERSTANDS AND WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEED FOR URGENCY IN COMPLETING THE INVESTIGATION.

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