MONDAY, JULY 9, 1979
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KCR'S PERIOD RETURN TICKETS
TO GO ON SALE FROM JULY 14
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FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF PASSENGERS GOING TO CHINA THIS SUMMER, THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY HAS ARRANGED FOR THE SALE OF ORDINARY CLASS PERIOD RETURN TICKETS FROM KOWLOON TO LO WU.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (MONDAY), A KCR SPOKESMAN SAID THE TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT KOWLOON STATION FROM JULY 14 UNTIL AUGUST 19, BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE.
THE FARE OF AN ORDINARY CLASS RETURN TICKET IS $3.80. EACH TICKET WILL BE VALID FOR THE JOURNEY FROM KOWLOON TO LO WU ON THE DATE OF ISSUE AND FOR A RETURN JOURNEY ON ANY DATE FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE UNTIL AUGUST 19.
ON ARRIVAL AT LO MU, PASSENGERS HOLDING RETURN TICKETS ARE REQUESTED TO SHOW THE TICKETS TO THE TICKET COLLECTORS AT THE EXIT GATES AND THEN KEEP THE TICKETS FOR USE ON THE RETURN
JOURNEY, AFTER WHICH, THE TICKETS WILL BE COLLECTED AT KOWLOON OR MONG KOK STATION.
SEVEN WESTERN BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (MONDAY) DECLARED SEVEN BUILDINGS AT NOS. 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 AND 15 SAI WOO LANE, WESTERN DISTRICT, TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION.
AT THE SAME TIME, NO. 9 SAI WOO LANE WAS DECLARED TO BE LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE SAID THAT THIS TERRACE OF EIGHT EARLY PRE-WAR BUILDINGS FORMS AN INTERDEPENDENT COMPLEX WITH NOS. 6 TO 28 TSZ MI ALLEY, WHICH WERE SERVED WITH NOTICES OF INTENTION TO CLOSE ON JULY 5, 1979.
ALTHOUGH ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED AS TWO AND THREE-STOREY BUILDINGS, MOST OF THEM NOW HAVE ADDITIONAL FLOORS AND ROOF TOP STRUCTURES, HE SAID.
THESE BUILDINGS, HE CONTINUED, HAVE BEEN UNDER PERIODICAL SURVEILLANCE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAD RECENTLY BEEN RE-SURVEYED FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF A KITCHEN AT NO. 6 TSZ MI ALLEY.
+THEY ARE IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF DILAPIDATION, MAINLY DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE BRICKWORK FORMING THE LOAD-BEAR ING WALLS AND THE ADVANCED STAGE OF DECAY OF THE ORIGINAL TIMBERS WHERE THESE REMAIN, HE EXPLAINED.
+AS THERE