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+SINCE OUR ECONOMIC LIVELIHOOD IS DEPAENDENT ON EXPORT EARNINGS, WE HAVE QUITE NATURALLY GIVEN PRIORITY TO THOSE TESTING SERVICES WHICH SUPPORT MANUFACTURING EXPORTERS.+
MR YEUNG EXPLAINED THAT THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY WAS A CASE IN POINT, AS MUCH OF ITS WORK WAS IN SUPPORT OF A LARGE VARIETY OF FOOD AND OTHER PRODUCTS MUCH OF WHICH WAS EXPORTED.
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+TN TIME, HOKLAS WILL ALSO CONSIDER SERVING THE NON-EXPORT HI ORIENTED SECTOR OF OUR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES,
AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, THE GOVERNMENT CHEMIST. ALSO STRONGLY RECOMMENDED HOKLAS TO OTHER LABORA
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N.S. LEE, Y: MANAGERS.
+ WE HAVE BENEFITTED IN NO SMALL MEASURE FROM THE MANY EXCHANGES OF EXPERIENCE AND IDEAS ON LABORATORY MANAGEMENT. OCCASIONED THROUGHOUT THE EXERCISE,+ SAID MR LEE.
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APLIU STREET BUILDING DECLARED DANGEROUS S
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (TUESDAY) DECLARED THE BUILDING AT NO. 171 APLIU STREET TO BE DANGEROUS AND THAT AT NO. 169 LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
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-TAX JAOH JAWAD
IN A STATEMENT THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THEY WERE THREE-STOREYED PRE-WAR BUILDINGS WITH REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOORS AND ROOFS ON BRICK-AND-STONE RUBBLE LOAD BEARING WALLS.
THE SPALLED PLASTERING REVEALED, VERY WEAK CEMENT MORTAR JOINTS. THERE WAS A DIAGONAL CRACK, SIX TOʻ- SEVEN MILLIMETRES WIDE, AT THE PARTY WALL BETWEEN NOS. 169 AND 171 AND THERE WERE SEVERAL CRACKS ON THE VERANDAH FLOORS AT FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS.
THE GENERAL DILAPIDATED STATE OF THE BUILDING AND THE BREAKING OF THE VERANDAH FROM THE MAIN BUILDING GAVE SUFFICIENT JUSTIFICATION FOR CLOSING AND DECLARING NO. 171 AS BEING DANGEROUS.
THE OTHER BUILDING, WHICH IS OF SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION AND CONDITION, IS UNLIKELY TO WITHSTAND THE EFFECT OF DEMOLITION OF NO. 171. THEREFORE IT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS AND HAD TO BE CLOSED AND DEMOLISHED IN ONE OPERATION WITH NO. 171.
NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON APRIL 22 WERE POSTED TODAY.
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