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Plate 1.2 Landslide at Castle Peak Road in August 1994 (Chan et al, 1996)<br />

Note: A public light bus was hit by the landslide debris and pushed down an<br />

embankment onto the beach below the road. Three persons were trapped<br />

inside the bus, and a man on board was killed.<br />

Plate 1.3 Rockfall during the Tuen Mun <strong>Highway</strong> Widening Works in August<br />

1995 (Wong, 1997)<br />

Note: A 15-tonne rock block was dislodged from a cut slope alongside Tuen Mun<br />

<strong>Highway</strong> near Siu Lam during excavation. A van hit the rock, resulting in one<br />

fatality and one injury.

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