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Hong Kong, with a land area of only 1050 sq km and a population of cover 5 million, has developed rapidly in the past 30 years. The Paper reviews the history of quarrying in this land-scarce Territory and provides information on the distribution, operation and control of quarries. It describes the private quarries, government quarries, site crushers and importation of aggregates, and it outlines the planning for future quarries. Information is given on the types, uses and properties of the granite aggregates.

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Hong Kong, avec une surface de 1.050 km2 et une population de plus de 5 millions de personnes, s'est développé très rapidement pendant les derniers 30 ans. Cette communication passe en revue l'histoire des carrières dans ce territoire qui n'a pas une grande superficie et fournit une information sur la répartition, le fonctionnement et le contrôle des carrières. On présente une description de carrières privées et de carrières du gouvernement, de l'équipement de concassage et de l'importation des granulats avec les grands traits de la planification pour les carri⪻res dans l'avenir. Une information est présentée sur les types, les utilisations et les propriétés des granulats de granite.

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Brand, E.W., Maunder, C.A. & Massey, J.B. Aggregates in Hong Kong. Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology 29, 11–16 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02594367

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