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SAI YING PUN BUILDING DECLARED DANGEROUS
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (TUESDAY) DECLARED THE BUILDING AT 15 SAM TO LANE IN SAI YING PUN TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION.
THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THAT THE TWO-STOREYED BUILDING, WHICH HAD A REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOOR AND ROOF OF LOADING BEARING BRICK WALLS, HAD BEEN UNDER OBSERVATION SINCE 1968.
+ THE REINFORCED CONCRETE ELEMENTS OF THE BUILDING SHOW SIGNS OF ADVANCED DETERIORATION AND THERE ARE BULGES AT TWO LOCATIONS ON THE PARTY WALL BETWEEN 13 AND 15 SAM TO LANE.
+ THE BULGE AT THE MIDDLE OF THE WALL IS CONSIDERED TO BE NEW AND IS REFLECTED BY A FRESH CRACK BETWEEN THE SOFFIT OF THE STAIRHOOD AND THE PARTY WALL. IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING.+
A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON APRIL 15, 1986 WAS POSTED TODAY.
DRAINAGE WORK AT CLEVERLY STREET UNDERWAY *****
WORK HAS STARTED ON REPLACING THE MAIN DRAIN UNDER CLEVERLY STREET BETWEEN DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL AND CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.
THE 2.1-METRE DIAMETER DRAIN, COSTING $1.1 MILLION, IS PART OF A $25 MILLION SCHEME TO RECONSTRUCT DES VOEUX ROAD BETWEEN WING WO STREET AND MORRISON STREET.
THE WHOLE SCHEME HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION AND IS DESIGNED TO RAISE THE ROADS IN THE AREA BY HALF A METRE TO REDUCE FLOODING.
THE SINGLE TRAM TRACKS ALONG CLEVERLY STREET AND MORRISON STREET WILL ALSO BE REPLACED WITH DOUBLE TRACKS,
WORK ON THE DRAIN WAS TO HAVE STARTED EARLIER THIS YEAR BUT WAS DEFERRED UNTIL AFTER THE LUNAR NEW YEAR TO MINIMISE THE EFFECT ON BUSINESSES IN CLEVERLY STREET.
BECAUSE OF THE WORKS CLEVERLY STREET IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FOR SIX MONTHS, BUT PEDESTRIANS WILL STILL BE ABLE TO USE IT.