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Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2003-04 CONTROLLING OFFICER'S REPLY TO INITIAL WRITTEN QUESTION Head: 43 - Civil Engineering Department Subhead (No. & title): Programme: (4) Slope Safety and Geotechnical Standards Controlling Officer: Director of Civil Engineering Director of Bureau: Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works Question: It is stated in the Brief Description that safety screening studies of 320 private slopes were completed in 2002: (a) How many of these slopes are located in the Kwun Tong and Wong Tai Sin Districts? Please list the study results. Which slopes require repair or upgrading works? Has the Government issued the repair notice or order to the concerned owners? (b) Please list the Kwun Tong and Wong Tai Sin slopes that will be studied in 2003. What is the average duration for each study? Will the owners’ corporations be informed of the study details before the study? Will they be informed of the results of the study? Asked by: Hon. LI Wah-ming, Fred Reply: (a) Of the 320 safety screening studies on private slopes completed in 2002, 3 are located in Kwun Tong District and 3 in the Wong Tai Sin District. The findings of these studies are - Reply Serial No. ETWB(W)024 Question Serial No. 1258 District Slope No. Slope Location Findings of Safety Screening Kwun Tong Wong Tai Sin Study 11NE-D/R46 Sau Nga Road No follow-up action required 11NE-D/R47 Sau Nga Road No follow-up action required 11NE-D/F401 Sau Nga Road No Dangerous Hillside Order is required as owners are undertaking investigation and necessary upgrading works 11NE-A/C253 Fung Shing Street Advisory letter issued to responsible Incorporated Owners on necessary maintenance works 11NE-A/C254 Hammer Hill Road No follow-up action required 11NE-A/C489 Hammer Hill Road No follow-up action required Information on the slopes can be obtained from the Hong Kong Slope Safety
Gototop website (http://hkss.ced.gov.hk) (b) We plan to complete safety screening studies on 300 private slopes in 2003. 11 of these are located in Kwun Tong District and 1 in the Wong Tai Sin District. The locations of these slopes are - District Slope No. Slope Location Kwun Tong 11NE-C/C32 Ngau Tau Kok Road 11NE-C/C67 Hong Lee Road 11NE-C/C68 Hong Lee Road 11NE-C/C144 Shun On Road 11NE-C/C217 Hong Ning Road 11NE-C/CR39 Kung Lok Road 11NE-C/CR248 Kung Lok Road 11NE-D/C358 Yuet Wah Street 11NE-D/C359 Yuet Wah Street 11NE-D/C543 Hip Wo Street and Hong Ning Road 11NE-D/R49 Yuet Wah Street Wong Tai Sin 11NE-A/FR324 North of Upper Wong Tai Sin Estate Information on the slopes can be obtained from the Hong Kong Slope Safety website (http://hkss.ced.gov.hk) Each safety screening study normally takes about 6 months. We will inform the owners of the study when we seek permission to enter their premises. Where the safety screening studies conclude that follow-up actions are needed, the responsible owners will be informed through Dangerous Hillside Orders or Advisory Letters. Signature Name in block letters T K TSAO Post Title Director of Civil Engineering Date 20 March 2003
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