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HE ALSO PRESENTED RESCUE STARS TO 10 NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT LIFE GUARDS, THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND SIX HKLGC HONORARY LIFE GUARDS.
OCEAN RESCUE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED BY MR MACPHERSON TO A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, MR PETER MALLEN, AND TO MR MA CHI-KEUNG, A MARINE DEPARTMENT SAILOR.
MEMBERSHIP OF THE NEW TERRITORIES BRANCH OF THE HKLGC IS OVER 1 000.
BUILDING IN DANGEROUS CONDITION ***
THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (WEDNESDAY) DECLARED NO. 574 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION.
IN A STATEMENT ISSUED THIS MORNING, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THAT THIS 4 STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDING, CONSTRUCTED OF LOAD-BEARING BRICKWALLS AND TIMBER FLOORS AND ROOF, HAD BEEN UNDER SURVEILLANCE SINCE 1973.
RECENT INSPECTION HAS REVEALED THAT THERE IS RAPID DETERIORATION IN THE TIMBER ROOF, FLOORS AND STAIRCASES AND THE LOAD-BEARING WALLS ARE FRACTURED. THERE IS A RISK OF ROOF-COLLAPSE AND IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER IN KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON MARCH 24, 1982 WAS POSTED TODAY.
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