WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1983
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TWO POST-WAR BUILDINGS IN TSUEN WAN DECLARED DANGEROUS
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY DECLARED ROCK VILLA AND BUNGALOW C ON D.D. 399 LOT 417 TO BE LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING THAT THESE TWO POST-WAR BUILDINGS, ONE A SINGLE STOREY AND THE OTHER A TWO-STOREY BUILDING, HAD BEEN INSPECTED RECENTLY.
PART OF THE SLOPE BELOW AND THE RETAINING WALL SUPPORTING THE ACCESS ROAD LEADING UP TO ROCK VILLA HAD ALREADY COLLAPSED AND AS THERE WERE SIGNS THAT THE SITUATION WAS LIKELY TO FURTHER DETERIORATE THIS BUILDING WAS AT RISK.
BUNGALOW C SITUATED BELOW THE COLLAPSED SLOPE AND RETAINING WALL WAS ALSO AT RISK FROM FALLING DEBRIS.
IT WAS THEREFORE CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO CLOSE BOTH THESE BUILDINGS.
NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON APRIL 6 WERE POSTED ON THE BUILDINGS TODAY.
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UN OFFICIALS VISIT CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS
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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED NATIONS ASIA AND FAR EAST INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS (UNAFE!), MR MASAHARU HINO VISITED THE PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AND THE MINIMUM SECURITY PIK UK PRISON OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
MR HINO WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY TWO OF HIS SENIOR OFFICIALS WAS TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE INSTITUTIONS BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR T.G. GARNER AND WAS SHOWN THE VARIOUS FACILITIES PROVIDED INCLUDING THE ACCOMMODATION FOR INMATES, CLASSROOMS, WORKSHOPS, HOSPITALS AND KITCHENS.
THEY ALSO TOURED THE MULTI-STOREY PIK UK LAUNDRY WHICH ARE OPERATED BY THE INMATES. THE LAUNDRY IS CAPABLE OF HANDLING 5.5 MILLION KILOGRAMMES OF CLOTHING AND LINEN FROM GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS EACH YEAR.
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THE VISITORS ARE STOPPING OVER IN HONG KONG FOR HALF DAY ON THEIR WAY TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND TOOK THE CHANCE TO SEE SOME OF HONG KONG'S CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMES AND FACILITIES.
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