FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1994
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EXPERT TO REVIEW LANDSLIP INVESTIGATION
THE INTERNATIONAL EXPERT FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THE KWUN LUNG LAU LANDSLIP, PROFESSOR NORBERT MORGENSTERN, WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.
PROFESSOR MORGENSTERN WILL START WORK IMMEDIATELY TO REVIEW THE INVESTIGATION OF THE KWUN LUNG LAU LANDSLIP BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE (GEO).
HE WILL REPORT HIS FINDINGS INDEPENDENTLY TO THE GOVERNOR.
DURING HIS FIVE-DAY STAY IN HONG KONG, PROFESSOR MORGENSTERN WILL BE BRIEFED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, DR ANDREW MALONE AND GEO ENGINEERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE KWUN LUNG LAU
INVESTIGATION.
A VISIT TO THE SITE OF THE LANDSLIP IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING. HE WILL ALSO TAKE A HELICOPTER TOUR
TO INSPECT TERRAIN OF URBAN AND RURAL AREAS.
CHAN,
ANSON
PROFESSOR MORGENSTERN WILL MEET THE ACTING GOVERNOR, MRS
THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, HE WILL GIVE A BRIEFING TO MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LANDS AND WORKS NEXT TUESDAY (AUGUST 23) MORNING.
HE IS A DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER WHO HAS ACTED AS. AN CONSULTANT ON LANDSLIDE TO GOVERNMENTS AND PRIVATE SECTOR THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
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PANEL
EXPERT BODIES
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW PANEL ON FILL SLOPES APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR IN 1976 IN THE WAKE OF THE SAU MAU PING LANDSLIDE.·
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
AROUND 8 PM
PROFESSOR MORGENSTERN WILL ARRIVE ON CX 839 TONIGHT. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WHO WISH TO COVER HIS ARRIVAL SHOULD ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT CLINIC.
MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS-ON-HAND IN JUNE 1994
THE VALUE OF MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR LOCAL PRODUCTION IN JUNE THIS YEAR INCREASED BY 2% OVER A YEAR. EARLIER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A MONTHLY SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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COMPARING JUNE 1994 WITH JUNE 1993, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES THE VALUE OF OUTSTANDING ORDERS WERE RECORDED IN THE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (+22%), ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (+17%) AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (+13%).
SMALL INCREASES IN ORDERS WERE RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (+3%) AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY ( (+2%).
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