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THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1976
FOUR PRE-WAR BUILDINGS IN WESTERN UNSAFE
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY IS TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS FOR FOUR PRE-WAR BUILDINGS IN WESTERN DISTRICT WHICH ARE TO BE DEMOLISHED BECAUSE OF THEIR DANGEROUS CONDITION.
THE AFFECTED BUILDINGS ARE NOS. 129 AND 133 WING LOK STREET, WHICH HAVE BEEN DECLARED TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION, AND NOS. 127 AND 131 WING LOK STREET, WHICH ARE LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THESE FOUR-STOREY BUILDINGS GAVE CAUSE FOR CONCERN.
+NUMBER 133,+ HE SAID, HAS FRACTURES IN THE LOAD-BEARING BRICK WALLS, AND THE WHOLE BUILDING HAS MOVED IN THE DIRECTION OF AN ADJACENT VACANT SITE. IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THERE IS NOW A DANGER OF COLLAPSE.+
HE SAID THAT THE REAR MAIN WALL OF NO. 129 WAS SEVERELY FRACTURED AND BULGING OUTWARDS AND WAS CLOSE TO COLLAPSE.
+NUMBERS 127 AND 131 ALSO EXHIBIT STRUCTURAL WEAKNESSES AND WILL BE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY THE COLLAPSE OR INDEPENDENT DEMOLITION OF NOS. 129 AND 133,+ HE SAID.
NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS WERE POSTED ON THE BUILDINGS TODAY.
THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE HEARD IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 A.M. ON APRIL 15.
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TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS IN WEST KOWLOON
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A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN WEST KOWLOON ON SUNDAY MORNING IN PREPARATION FOR THE START OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY IN NATHAN ROAD.
THE STREETS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED ARE NELSON STREET, MAN MING LANE, ARTHUR STREET, BOWRING STREET AND FIFE STREET.
NELSON STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC AT ITS EAST-SIDE JUNCTION WITH NATHAN ROAD AND WILL BE ROUTED TWO-WAY BETWEEN NATHAN ROAD AND SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET.
MAN MING LANE WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC BETWEEN NATHAN ROAD AND ARTHUR STREET.
ARTHUR STREET WILL BE RESTRICTED TO A SINGLE TRAFFIC LANE AT ITS JUNCTION WITH MAN MING LANE.
BOWRING STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC BETWEEN NATHAN ROAD AND PILKEM STREET.
FIFE STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC AT ITS EAST-SIDE JUNCTION WITH NATHAN ROAD AND WILL BECOME TWO-WAY BETWEEN NATHAN ROAD AND SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET.