SYNOPSIS

Severe rainstorms in Hong Kong are times for landslides.  They are therefore also times for testing the slope safety system.  One such storm took place on 7 June 2008.  By one count, the storm had a return period of a thousand years.  The talk will examine the performance of some aspects of the system and how they evolved to face testing times, to illustrate how a slope safety system works.


ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Ir. YC Chan is a professor Ir Y C Chan is formerly Head of Geotechnical Engineering Office (GEO), Civil Engineering and Development Department of Hong Kong.  He graduated in 1975 from the University of Hong Kong with a BSc in Civil Engineering.  He was awarded an MSc in Engineering Geology from the Imperial College of Science of Technology of London in 1981.

Ir. Chan received training in the public works department upon graduation and settled down in GEO in 1980.  He had since worked for over thirty years in the GEO, starting from the rank of geotechnical engineer.  During this time, he witnessed first-hand and took part in the development and implementation of the holistic slope safety management system in Hong Kong that have enhanced public safety significantly.

Ir. Chan is a Registered Engineer of the Civil, Geotechnical and Structural disciplines in Hong Kong.