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Awards will go to the top five officers and two divisions with the highest numbers of votes.
Voting forms can be obtained at B1, ground, mezzanine, second, third, eighth and 17th floors of the Trade Department Tower at 700, Nathan Road, Kowloon. Completed forms can be either put into ballot boxes on these floors or sent by fax on 2396 9899.
End/Friday, September 1, 1995
Update on landslip incidents associated with typhoon Kent
The Geotechnical Engineering Office's (GEO) Emergency Control Centre of the Civil Engineering Department has received 10 reports of landslips between 1 pm yesterday and 4.30 pm today (Friday).
Of these, nine have affected roads and one occurred behind a squatter hut. Most of the incidents involved very small movements of soil or rock and there were no casualties.
Of the incidents, five occurred in the New Territories, one in Kowloon, three on Hong Kong Island and one on Lantau Island.
Up to 4 pm today about 130 mm of rainfall were recorded over the most part of the territory since noon yesterday. More than 200 mm fell in the Tsuen Wan-Sha Tin
area.
The GEO Emergency Control Centre was manned at 1 pm yesterday and was stepped down at 4.30 pm today.
Four emergency teams were mobilised to respond to incident reports. Geotechnical engineers inspected the landslide sites and provided advice to other departments with regard to remedial measures. The landslip warning was in force from 6 pm yesterday until 4.30 pm today.
End/Friday, September 1, 1995
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