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Wednesday, August 2, 1972
THREE BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS
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Three buildings two on Hong Kong Island and one in Kowloon
have been declared dangerous by the Building Authority. A fourth
building in Kowloon is liable to become dangerous.
The two buildings on the Island are Nos. 2 and 4 Tai Ping Shan
Street in Central District.
The Principal Government Building Surveyor said today that
these four-storey pre-war buildings, which share a staircase were inspected
recently following complaints from occupants of one of the buildings.
Inspectors found that the rear main wall of both buildings was
badly fractured and sections of the brickwork were badly eroded. There
were serious fractures in the party wall between the two buildings and
much of the structural timberwork was extensively decayed.
Shoring has been erected by the government contractor to the
front balconies to avoid any sudden collapse.
The Kowloon building declared dangerous is at 118 Apliu Street,
Sham Shui Po, and the adjoining building No. 116 is liable to become
dangerous.
The Principal Government Building Surveyor said that the whole
of the reinforced concrete of the three-storey pre-war building at 118
Apliu Street was in an advanced state of deterioration with extensive
splintering of bears and floor slabs revealing badly corroded steel
reinforcement.
/He
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