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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1985
AMONG THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED DURING THE CAMPAIGN WERE AN EXHIBITION ON SECURITY SYSTEMS AND CRIME PREVENTION, TALKS ON CRIME PREVENTION AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY BY SOCIAL WORKERS AND POLICE OFFICERS, BOOKMARK DESIGN AND ESSAY COMPETITIONS, AND VARIETY SHOWS HELD IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN THE DISTRICT.
A NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME, AIMED AT ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO REPORT CRIME IN THEIR BUILDINGS, WAS ALSO LAUNCHED DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
VIEWS COLLECTED FROM SEMINARS AND TALKS ON THE LAW AND ORDER SITUATION, AND ON CRIME PROBLEMS IN THE DISTRICT, WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.
THE DISTRICT BOARD CONTRIBUTED $20 00D TOWARDS THE CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE POLICE.
OFFICIATING AT THE VARIETY SHOW AND CLOSING CEREMONY WILL BE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR THOMAS CHAN, THE REGIONAL POLICE COMMANDER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR R.C. SMALLSHAW, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR DONALD YAP.
DANGEROUS BUILDINGS TO BE CLOSED
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (THURSDAY) DECLARED NOS. 1 AND 5, WING SING STREET, HONG KONG, TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION.
THE AUTHORITY ALSO DECLARED THAT NOS. 1A AND 3. THE SECOND FLOOR OF NO. 4, THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR OF NU. 6, WING SING STREET. AND THE EXTENSION PORTIONS AT REAR OF CIRST AND SECOND FLOORS OF 187 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, LIABLE TO RECOME DANGEROUS.
IN A STATEMENT ISSUED THIS MORNING, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THAT NOS. 1, 3 AND 5 WING SING STREET WERE THREE-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED OF TIMBER FLOORS AND TIMBER PITCHED ROOFS ON LOAD-BEARING BRICK WALLS. NO. 1A WING SING STREET CONSISTED OF TWO CONCRETE AND ONE TIMBER RIDING FLOORS BUILT OVER ITS OWN LOT. THESE BUILDINGS HAD BEEN UNDER OBSERVATION FOR MANY YEARS.
RECENT INSPECTIONS HAD SHOWN THAT THE KITCHEN BLOCK OF NO. 5 WING SING STREET HAD UNDERGONE OUTWARD MOVEMENT WITH A SEVERE BULGE ON THE REAR MAIN WALL AT FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS, THE FI ANK WALL OF NO. 1 WAS BULGED AT GROUND FLOOR NEAR THE REAR MAIN WALL AND THERE WERE SIGNS OF MOVEMENT SIDEWARD.
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