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TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1977
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CLOSURE ORDERS ON DANGEROUS BUILDINGS LIFTED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS LIFTED THE CLOSURE ORDERS ON A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS IN THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA ISSUED LAST MONDAY AFTER A NEARBY RETAINING WALL THREATENED TO COLLAPSE.
THE P.W.D.'S PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR, MR. E.T. KENNARD, SAID THAT NOW THAT REMEDIAL WORK ON THE WALL SUPPORTING CIRCULAR PATHWAY HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THE THREAT TO 127-133 HOLLYWOOD ROAD AND 1 AND 2 TSUI ON LANE, AND 10 AND 11 CIRCULAR PATHWAY HAS BEEN REMOVED, AND THE RESIDENTS CAN MOVE BACK INTO THEIR HOMES IMMEDIATELY.
NOTICES TO THIS EFFECT HAVE ALREADY BEEN POSTED.
HOWEVER MR. KENNARD SAID THAT CONSULTANTS EMPLOYED BY THE P.W.D. WOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND INSPECT OTHER RETAINING WALLS IN THE AREA.
IN THE LAST WEEK, CONTRACTORS SUPERVISED BY THE P.W.D.'s GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE HAVE BUILT A FREE-DRAINING EMBANKMENT AGAINST THE OLD RETAINING WALL TO PREVENT IT COLLAPS ING.
THE EMBANKMENT, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE METRES HIGH AND 30 METRES LONG, WAS MADE FROM ABOUT 4,000 TONNES OF AGGREGATE.
REMEDIAL WORK WAS ALSO CARRIED OUT TO THE UPPER RETAINING WALL, IMMEDIATELY BELOW 127-133 HOLLYWOOD ROAD.
PART-TIME EVENING SHORT COURSES
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THE MORRISON HILL, KAI CHUNG, KUN TONG AND HAKING ONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AŘE INVITING APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO SO PART-TIME EVENING SHORT COURSE
FIELDS OF STUDY INCLUDE CLOTHING INDUSTRIES, COMERCIAL STUDIES, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTROLIC ENGINEERING, GENERAL STUDIES, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES.
APPLICATION FORMS ARE DETAINABLE FROM THE FOUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES :-
MORRISC. HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE - 0, 01 MWAN ROAD,
.ALCHAT, HONG KONG*
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RAI CHUNG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE HING SMING ROAD,
KLAI CHUNG,
KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE -
HAKING JONG TECHNICAL ISTITUTE
3. TERRITORIES=
25, 10ING STREET, KWUN TONG, NOMLOOK AND
7.8, LAI CHI NOK ROAD, CHECNE SHA MAN, NUA-
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