Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering and Development Department

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

GEO Technical Guidance Note No. 2 (TGN 2)

Technical Recommendations Arising from Lessons Learnt from
Landslides in 1997 and 1998
Issue No.: 2 Revision: - Date: 18 May 2010 Page: 1 of 1

The technical recommendations of this Technical Guidance Note have been subsumed in the
following documents issued by the Geotechnical Engineering Office of the Civil Engineering and
Development Department.

• GEO Publication No. 1/2007 : Engineering Geological Practice in Hong Kong,

• GEO Publication No. 1/2009 : Prescriptive Measures for Man-made Slopes and
Retaining Walls,
• GEO Technical Guidance Note No. 11 : Enhancing the Reliability and Robustness of
Engineered Soil Cut Slopes, and
• Highway Slope Manual.

(R K S Chan)
Head, Geotechnical Engineering Office

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