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Report on rockfall incident released
The Highways Department today (Tuesday) released a report on the rockfall incident which occurred on Tuen Mun Road on August 18, 1995
The report noted that the investigation into the incident is still going on. The rockfall might have been caused by a fracture of a rock mass along a hidden place of weakness during hand splitting of rock. The adjacent rock joints might have been affected by water infiltration due to a prolonged period of heavy rains.
The Assistant Director of Highways, Mr Peter Orange, said: "The Police are carrying out their own investigation into the incident that caused the death of a driver and injury of a passenger.
"The Police investigation may lead to a decision by the Coroner to hold an inquiry. The reports by the Contractor and the Supervising Officer cannot be released at this stage without prejudice to the impending inquiries," he said.
The Highways Department report released today also gives a brief account of the subsequent road closures and the way forward in completing the road widening work on Tuen Mun Road.
Copies of the report are available from the Major Works Project Management Office of the Highways Department, third floor, Ho Man Tin Government Offices, 88 Chung Hau Street between 9 am and 5 pm on weekdays.
End/Tuesday, November 7, 1995...
Independent reviewer for landslides appointed
The Geotechnical Engineering Office (GEO) of the Civil Engineering Department has appointed one of the members of the Slope Safety Technical Review Board, Sir John Knill, to conduct an independent technical review of the GEO's investigation into the two landslides at Fei Tsui Road and Sham Wan.
Sir John is Professor Emeritus of Engineering Geology and Senior Research Fellow at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, the University of London. He is an expert in engineering geology and was the Chairman of the Natural Environment Research Council in the United Kingdom.
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