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Wednesday, August 30, 1972
DANGEROUS BUILDING IN CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST
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A three-storey pre-war building at 167 Connaught Road West has been
declared dangerous by the Building Authority.
The Principal Government Building Surveyor said today that the load
bearing walls of the go-down building had shown signs of continued movement.
These walls have reached the stage where there is a risk of collapse
despite extensive shoring.
A notice of intention to apply for a Closure Order in Victoria District
Court at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 6 was posted today,
ROBBERIES AND THEIR DETECTION RATE
The average sentence imposed by the courts in robbery cases this
year has been five to six years' imprisonment.
The heaviest sentence imposed was one of eight years' imprisonment
arising out of the robbery of the Banque Nationale de Paris in February.
The Acting Attorney General, the Hon. G.R. Sneath, who was replying
to the Hon. Szeto Wai, said that of the 3,543 robbery cases reported up to the end of July, 1,527 or 43.1 per cent of these had been detected.
Altogether, 1,130 people had been convicted, with 75 people still
awaiting trial.
Mr. Sneath said that the total amount of money involved in the
robberies was $5,418,263 of which $770,197 or 14.2 per cent had so far been
recovered.