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stated in 'A Report on the Review of Slope Safety Measures' are adhered to. Is there any time limit for conducting inspections after heavy rain and would there be any reports submitted to this Council? Mr. Chairman, these are the questions that I would like to ask.
MS GRACE AU YUK-HAR (in Cantonese):—Mr. Lai refers to the 56 slopes affecting U.C. facilities. The information in my hands is the latest which includes detailed information on the high risk, medium risk or low risk facilities. I can pass the information to Mr. LAI after the meeting for his reference.
As to whether the Department has asked the A.S.D. to submit reports to us after the slopes are repaired according to the specified procedures, yes, the Department has done so. We can provide the information to Mr. Lai after the meeting if he is interested in this matter and would like to have further information.
MR. LAM MAN-FAI (in Cantonese):—Since 56 U.C. facilities are affected by slopes, are any of these located on extremely high risk slopes which we should make known to the public? And should we close such venues until the slopes are properly stabilized?
MS GRACE AU YUK-HAR (in Cantonese):—According to the information provided to us by the Civil Engineering Department, in fact some U.C. parks such as the Hong Kong Park have part of their areas listed as high risk slopes. The Department will surely conduct detailed investigation on such slopes basing on A.S.D.'s regular inspections. As I have said just now, after heavy rain, A.S.D. officers will carefully examine the relevant slopes and use advanced equipments to monitor the situation. At this moment, we do not see any need to close any U.C. parks or venues owing to the situation mentioned above.
Mr. Lam Man-FAI (in Cantonese):—Will such high risk slopes be made known to the public? That part of the question has not yet been answered.
Ms. Grace Au YUK-HAR (in Cantonese):—I will refer Mr. Lam's question to the Department. In fact, I personally think that members of the public should be able to obtain such information from the Authorities concerned. I don't see any need for keeping anything confidential.
MR. TIM S. MANUEL CHAN (in Cantonese):—There is one problem which had in fact been discussed in individual Select Committees: the Council and the Department have always played a passive role in the allocation of land for use as passive parks. Most of these sites are located at remote and far away places and very often on slopes. This is the core of the problem. I would like to know whether the 219 slopes mentioned in the reply were already in existence when we took over the lands. This is the first question. Secondly, did we accept those sites knowing that they were affected by slopes? Thirdly, did the Department have any background information on the sites and did it conduct any inspections on them?
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stated in 'A Report on the Review of Slope Safety Measures' are adhered to. Is there any time limit for conducting inspections after heavy rain and would there be any reports submitted to this Council? Mr. Chairman, these are the questions that I would like to ask.
MS GRACE AU YUK-HAR (in Cantonese):-Mr. Lat refers to the 56 slopes affecting U.C. facilities. The information in my hands is the latest which includes detailed information on the high risk, medium risk or low risk facilities. I can pass the information to Mr. LAI after the meeting for his reference.
As to whether the Department has asked the A.S.D. to submit reports to us after the slopes are repaired according to the specified procedures, yes, the Department has done so. We can provide the information to Mr. Lai after the meeting if he is interested in this matter and would like to have further information.
MR. LAM MAN-FAI (in Cantonese):-Since 56 U.C. facilities are affected by slopes, are any of these located on extremely high risk slopes which we should make known to the public? And should we close such venues until the slopes are properly stabilized?
MS GRACE AU YUK-HAR (in Cantonese):-According to the information provided to us by the Civil Engineering Department, in fact some U.C. parks such as the Hong Kong Park have part of their areas listed as high risk slopes. The Department will surely conduct detailed investigation on such slopes basing on A.S.D,'s regular inspections. As I have said just now, after heavy rain, A.$.D. officers will carefully examine the relevant slopes and use advanced equipments to monitor the situation. At this moment, we do not see any need to close any U.C. parks or venues owing to the situation mentioned above.
Mr. Lam Man-FAI (in Cantonese):—Will such high risk slopes be made known to the public? That part of the question has not yet been answered.
Ms. Grace Au YUK-HAR (in Cantonese);—I will refer Mr. Lam's question to the Department. In fact. I personally think that members of the public should be able to obtain such information from the Authorities concerned. I don't see any need for keeping anything confidential.
MR. TIM S. MANUel Chan (in Cantonese):—There is one problem which had in fact been discussed in individual Select Committees: the Council and the Department have always played a passive role in the allocation of land for use as passive parks. Most of these sites are located at remote and far away places and very often on slopes. This is the core of the problem. I would like to know whether the 219 slopes mentioned in the reply were already in existence when we took over the lands. This is the first question. Secondly, did we accept those sites knowing that they were affected by slopes? Thirdly, did the Department have any background information on the sites and did it conduct any inspections on them
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