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TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1978
NO. 8A TUNG LO WAN VILLAGE, SHA TIN
THIS SINGLE STOREY BUILDING WAS INSPECTED FOLLOWING SEVERE TROPICAL STORM AGNES AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE ITS EXTERNAL BRICK WALLS BADLY BULGED AND NEW FRACTURES INDICATED RECENT MOVEMENT. AS THERE IS A SERIOUS RISK OF CCLLAPSE IT IS NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING.
TWO-STOREY BUILDING ON LOT 819A IN DD 131, TUEN MUN
THIS TWO STOREY BUILDING, CONSTRUCTED WITH LOAD-BEARING BRICK WALLS, WAS INSPECTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE DISTRICT OFFICER, TUEN MUN.
IT WAS FOUND THAT PART OF THE ROOF HAD COLLAPSED AND THAT THE LOAD-BEARING WALL FACING THE SEA WAS FRACTURED.
AS THERE IS A SERIOUS DANGER OF FURTHER COLLAPSE, IT IS NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING.
OPENING OF C.D.O. SUB-OFFICE IN LAM TIN ****
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR. MICHAEL LEUNG, WILL OPEN THE LAM TIN SUB-OFFICE OF THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (KWUN TONG) AT 3 P.M. TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
THE LAM TIN SUB-OFFICE IS LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF BLOCK 17 OF LAM TIN ESTATE. ITS TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 3-404855.
THE NEW SUB-OFFICE, LIKE OTHER CITY DISTRICT BRANCH OFFICES, WILL PROVIDE FÜLL RANGE OF SERVICES TO RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE AREA.
IT IS THE FOURTH BRANCH OF THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (KWUN TONG), AND IS HEADED BY AN EXPERIENCED LIAISON OFFICER, MR. CHAN SHUI-WOO, WHO IN ADDITION TO HIS NORMAL DUTIES, HAS ALSO BEEN APPOINTED A COMMISSIONER FOR OATH.
AT TOMORROW'S CEREMONY, MR. LEUNG AND FIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS WILL CUT A RIBBON TO MARK THE NEW OFFICE'S OPENING.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE CEREMONY AT 3 P.M. TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT BLOCK 17, LAM TIN ESTATE. A COCKTAIL RECEPTION WILL BE HELD AFTER THE OPENING.
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