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Friday, August 11, 1972
BUILDINGS IN DES VOEUX ROAD WEST DECLARED DANGEROUS
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Two buildings at 76 and 78 Des Voeux Road West were declared
dangerous today and the Building Authority has ordered their demolition.
The Principal Government Building Surveyor said that these
two four-storey pre-war buildings had been under observation for two
years following the closure and demolition under order of buildings in
Ko Shing Street & the rear.
Recent inspections revealed signs of a fresh
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movement of
fractures in the brickwork of the rear main wall and in the load-
bearing party wall between the two buildings.
The flank wall of the kitchen block of No. 76 is badly bulged
and out of vertical at the top.
Although all of No. 78 and the kitchen block of No. 76 is
extensively shored there is a danger of collapse of the rear and
party walls where they join.
Notices of intention to apply for Closure Orders in Victoria
District Court at 9.30 a.n. on September 22 were posted today.
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