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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1979
NEW EDITION OF +NAMES OF BUILDINGS+ ON SALE
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A NEW EDITION OF THE NAMES OF BUILDINGS+ COMPILED BY THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $64 EACH.
THE NEW EDITION INCORPORATES BUILDING NAMES IN THE NEW
TERRITORIES.
THE BOOK CONTAINS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF BUILDING NAMES WITH THE OFFICIAL ADDRESS AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE NAMES HAVE ALSO BEEN INCLUDED.
FOR EASY REFERENCE IT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. PART ONE CONTAINS BUILDING NAMES IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON AND PART TWO THOSE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES INCLUDING TSING YI, IN ADDITION, AN INDEX OF CHINESE NAMES IS PROVIDED IN EACH PART.
COMMENTING ON THE NEW BOOK, THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION, MR. R.A. FRY SAID TODAY (TUESDAY): +IT HAS NOW GROWN TO OVER 7 000 ENTRIES AND IS IN POPULAR DEMAND BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND PRIVATE BUSINESSES.+
EIGHT BUILDINGS IN NT DECLARED DANGEROUS
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (TUESDAY) DECLARED EIGHT BUILDINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION.
THEY ARE PREMISES AT 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 AND 12 SHUI CHE KWUN STREET, YUEN LONG, AND TWO SINGLE-STOREY BUILDINGS ON LOTS 818A AND 819B IN D.D. 131, TUEN MUN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE SAID THE BUILDINGS AT 2, 4, 6, AND 8 SHUI CHE KWUN STREET WERE IN A VERY POOR CONDITION WITH BADLY SAGGED ROOFS. +THEY WOULD NOT WITHSTAND THE DEMOLITION OF THE ADJOINING BUILDINGS, HE SAID.
HE SAID THE BUILDING AT 12 SHUI CHE KWUN STREET WAS PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED WHILE THE ONE AT NUMBER 10 HAD BEEN UNDER OBSERVATION SINCE APRIL 1979.
+THE PARTY WALL BETWEEN BUILDINGS AT NOS. 10 AND 12 HAS RECENTLY DETERIORATED AND THERE IS A SERIOUS RISK OF COLLAPSE. IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THEM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ON THE TWO SINGLE-STOREY BUILDINGS IN TUEN MUN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THEY HAD BEEN UNDER OBSERVATION SINCE JULY 1978 AND THE IR LOAD-BEARING WALLS WERE FOUND TO HAVE BEEN FRACTURED DURING RECENT
INSPECTIONS.
+AS THERE IS A SERIOUS RISK OF COLLAPSE, IT IS NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THESE TWO BUILDINGS,+ HE ADDED.
NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON JANUARY 8, 1980, WERE POSTED TODAY.