FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1975
DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY HAS ORDERED THE DEMOLITION OF FOUR BUILDINGS IN CENTRAL DISTRICT ON THE ISLAND BECAUSE OF THEIR DANGEROUS CONDITION.
THE BUILDINGS ARE NOS. 292 AND 296 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, WHICH HAVE BEEN DECLARED DANGEROUS, AND NOS. 294 AND 298 WHICH ARE LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
IN A STATEMENT. THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THE BUILDINGS HAD BEEN UNDER OBSERVATION FOR SOME YEARS. RECENT INSPECTION OF NO. 296, A VACANT BUILDING, SHOWED THAT THE CONDITION OF THE TIMBERWORK AND BRICKWORK OF THE REAR AND PARTY WALLS HAD DETERIORATED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT A COLLAPSE COULD OCCUR, HE SAID.
THE BRICKWORK AT VARIOUS POINTS THROUGHOUT NOS, 292, 294 AND 298 WAS ALSO FRACTURED AND BULGED AND THE TIMBERWORK TO THE ROOF AND TOP FLOOR OF NO. 292 WAS DECAYED.
+THESE BUILDINGS WOULD BE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY THE DEMOLITION OF NO. 296 AND COULD GIVE RISE TO A COLLAPSE,+ HE SAID,
IN VIEW OF THIS, NOTICES TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS HAVE BEEN POSTED IN RESPECT OF NOS. 292, 294 AND 298.
THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE HEARD IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 A.M. ON OCTOBER 30.
EDUCATION SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES
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SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL,
+ THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, ST. TERESA'S CHURCH AND ALL SAINTS' CHURCH AT 11 A.M. ON SEPTEMBER 21 - EDUCATION SUNDAY - TO MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
ALL TEACHERS AND PUPILS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THESE SERVICES WHICH ARE HELD TO ENCOURAGE THEM IN THE TASK THAT LIES AHEAD IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.
THE SERVICES AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL AND ST. TERESA'S CHURCH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH WHILE THE SERVICE AT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL WILL BE CONDUCTED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CANTONESE, THE SERVICE AT THE ALL SAINTS' CHURCH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN CANTONESE ONLY.
SENIOR OFFICERS FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL ATTEND THESE SERVICES.
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