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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 197:
PRISONS DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT CHEQUE TO COMMUNITY CHEST
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THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR. T. ECOB, WILL PRESENT A CHEQUE ON BEHALF OF PRISONS DEPARTMENT STAFF TO THE COMMUNITY CHEST AT 11 A.M. ON FRIDAY (MARCH 31) AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS IN WAN CHAI.
RECEIVING THE CHEQUE WILL BE MRS. R.R. KAPAHI OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST.
THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE 10TH FLOOR OF GUARDIAN HOUSE, 32 01 KWAN ROAD.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE EVENT.
BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS *****
THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY DECLARED NOS, 95 AND 99 MAIN STREET, AP LEI CHAU, TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION AND NO. 93 IN THE SAME STREET LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
IN A STATEMENT ISSUED THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THAT THESE TWO-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDINGS HAD BEEN OBSERVED TO BE IN A DILAPIDATED CONDITION AND A DETAILED INSPECTION WAS THEREFORE MADE.
THE ENCLOSING WALLS TO NOS. 95 AND 99 MAIN STREET WERE FOUND TO BE SEVERELY FRACTURED AND BULGED. IN ADDITION A HIGH PROPORTION OF THE STRUCTURAL WOODEN MEMBERS SUPPORTING THE FLOORS AND ROOFS WERE DEFECTIVE.
AS THERE IS A RISK OF THESE BUILDINGS COLLAPSING IT IS NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THEM.
NO. 93 MAIN STREET IS UNLIKELY TO SURVIVE THE DEMOLITION OF THE ADJOINING BUILDING AT NO. 95 DUE TO WEAKNESSES IN THE SEPARATING PARTY WALL AND DEFECTIVE STRUCTURAL WOODEN MEMBERS AND WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE CLOSED AND DEMOLISHED.
ACCORDINGLY, NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 A.M. ON APRIL 19, 1978 WERE POSTED TODAY.
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