DISCUSSIONS AND CLOSURES
May 1, 1998

Discussion and Closure: Use of Rubber Dams for Flood Mitigation in Hong Kong

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Hubert Chanson
Sr. Lect. in Fluid Mech., Hydr. and Envir. Engrg., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia.
Paul Wing Ming Tam
Lect., Dept. of Civ. and Struct. Engrg., Univ. of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Rd., Hong Kong.

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