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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1979
ROOF STRUCTURE LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (WEDNESDAY) DECLARED A STRUCTURE ON THE ROOF OF NOS. 27-29 SHING ON STREET, HONG KONG, LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS DUE TO LACK OF ADEQUATE MEANS OF ESCAPE IN CASE OF FIRE.
+ THE UNAUTHORISED STRUCTURE WHICH HAS BEEN ERECTED ON THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING NOT ONLY LACKS ADEQUATE MEANS OF ESCAPE FOR THE OCCUPANTS, BUT ALSO ADVERSELY AFFECTS THE MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM THE MAIN BUILDING FOR ITS OCCUPANTS IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE OCCURRING,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE SAID.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 A.M. ON MAY 3 WAS POSTED TODAY.
RESULTS OF LATEST TENDER FOR 300 URBAN TAXI LICENCES
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED PROCESSING THE LATEST TENDERS FOR 300 HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TAXI LICENCES,
A TOTAL OF 627 INDIVIDUAL TENDERS WAS RECEIVED WHEN THE OFFER CLOSED ON MARCH 23. THE HIGHEST TENDER WAS $253,000 AND THE LOWEST WAS $5,328.
DETAILS OF SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS AND THE AMOUNTS OFFERED WILL BE PUBLISHED IN TOMORROW'S (THURSDAY) GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE AVERAGE PREMIUM IN THE LATEST TENDER EXERCISE WAS 1208,572 COMPARED WITH THE AVERAGE PREMIUM OF $258,538 IN THE PREVIOUS TENDER IN DECEMBER, 1978.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID LETTERS WOULD BE GOING OUT ON FRIDAY, APRIL 20, TO SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS AND THAT THE FIRST OF THE 300 TAXIS WOULD BE INSPECTED ON MAY 29. ALL 300 TAXIS SHOULD BE ON THE ROAD BY THE END OF AUGUST.
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