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I would hardly like to say it was impervious, but I
A.
would not like to condemn it.
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What do you call impervious ?
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That the floor is so good that it will resist the
moisture down below.
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If it is so good, the bottom two inches are decayed,
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is that floor
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but there are still four inches good
not impervious ?
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I should say it should have the benefit of the doubt. Would you not say definitely that it is impervious
those four inches ?
I would not like to, knowing that those two inches had
already decayed.
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Supposing you opened up a floor of six inches of lime concrete, and the bottom two inches had decayed, but the top four inches were perfectly good, would you
condemn that?
No, but in a case where two inches had already collapsed, the other four inches would also be in a state of decay. If it was four inches good, I would
not condemn it.
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r Shelton Rooper:-
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Coming back to Mongkok, did you not ees four inches
impervious ?
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The Chairman
No, those floors are not a good standard of concrete. Four inches came out in a solid block.
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Unfortunately, I did not see that solid block.
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Ir Shelton Hooper:-
Did you turn it up as a block 7
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It was not strong enough. If you attempted to lift it
it would break.
up,
Well, Mr Carter, I can assure you I saw each of those houses afterwards, and I cut out a bloak,
they were the same that you cut,
I believe
two feet square,
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