Report No. : GEO Report No. 164

Report Title : Detailed Study of the 28 November 2002 Rockfall above Yip Hing Street, Wong Chuk Hang (2005), 42 p.

Author : Halcrow China Limited

Abstract

This report presents the findings of a detailed study of a rockfall incident (GEO Incident No. 2002/11/0164) which occurred in the afternoon of 28 November 2002, from the hillside above a 36 m high cut slope at Yip Hing Street, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong. The rock block involved in the incident was about 0.2 m³ in volume. The rockfall resulted in minor injury to the driver in a vehicle parked at the slope toe. The incident also resulted in damage to two vehicles and the temporary closure of part of Yip Hing Street.

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