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Frequency vs Fatality Chart
Social Risk Criteria
▪ Hong Kong Societal Risk Criteria (Wong & Lee, 1999).
➢ ALARP = “As Low As
Reasonably Practicable“
(Cost involved in reducing
the risk further would be
grossly disproportionate to
the benefit gained)
➢ HK with a land mass of
2
1,073km spends more
than USD 1Billion annually
on landslide preventive
measures
