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TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1903
URBAN CLEARWAY EXTENDED
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FROM 10 AM ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 1), THE EXISTING URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTION IN UN CHAU STREET WILL BE EXTENDED BY ABOUT 50 METRES TO COVER THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE U-SHAPED ROAD STARTING FROM THE ENTRANCE OF THE UN CHAU ESTATE ROAD TO ITS JUNCTION WITH UN CHAU STREET.
ALL MOTOR VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES AND THOSE AUTHORISED IN WRITING BY THE AUTHORITY WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING UP AND SETTING DOWN PASSENGERS, OR LOADING AND UNLOADING GOODS, WITHIN THE RESTRICTED ZONE,
NEW BUS ROUTE FOR LANTAU
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A NEW BUS ROUTE BETWEEN MUI WO AND PUI O ON LANTAU ISLAND WILL BE IN SERVICE FROM THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 1).
THE NEW ROUTE, NO. 7, WILL RUN VIA SOUTH LANTAU ROAD BETACEN 8.15 AM AND 5 PM ON WEEKDAYS, CHARGING $1.
THE SERVICE WILL BE FROM 8.00 AM TO 6 PM ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, CHARGING $1.7.
PASSENGERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE EXACT FARE AS THERE WILL BE NO CONDUCTOR FOR THE BUSES ON THIS ROUTE.
BUILDINGS DECLARED IN DANGEROUS CONDITION
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY DECLARED THREE BUILDINGS NOS, 119, 121 AND 123 ON QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION.
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IN A STATEMENT ISSUED THIS MORNING, THE PRINCIPAL GOVER BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THAT THESE THREE-STOREY, BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTED WITH LOAD-BEARING BRICK ALLS CONCRETE FLOORS AND ROOF IN NOS. 119 AND 121 QUEEN'S ROAD CAL AND TIMBER FLOORS AND ROOF IN NO. 123, HAD BEEN LIFE SURVEILLANCE SINCE 1975.
+RECENT INSPECTION HAS SHOWN THAT THE EXTERNAL BRICK WALLS OF NOS. 119 AND 121 WERE BADLY BULGED WITH VERTICAL FRACTURE. NEW FRACTURES IN NO. 123 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL INDICATED RECENT MOVEMENT.
+AS THERE IS A SERIOUS RISK OF COLLAPSE IT IS NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THESE BUILDINGS, HE SAID.
ACCORDINGLY, NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY OR CLOSUF- ORDERS IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON SEPTEMBER 27. WERE POSTED TODAY.
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