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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1987
PRE-WAR BUILDING IN CENTRAL DECLARED DANGEROUS
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A FOUR-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDING AT 71 WING LOK STREET CENTRAL DISTRICT WAS TODAY (FRIDAY) DECLARED BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION AND IT SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED.
THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR, MR ANTHONY LAWRENCE, SAID THE BUILDING, WITH TIMBER FLOORS AND STAIRCASE AND REINFORCED CONCRETE ROOF, BALCONIES AND KITCHENS ON BRICK LOAD-BEARING WALLS, WAS IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF DELAPIDATION.
HE SAID THE BUILDING HAD BEEN UNDER PERIODICAL SURVEILLANCE SINCE 1970, AND NUMEROUS VERTICAL CRACKS WERE VISIBLE ALONG OR NEAR THE WINDOW OPENINGS OF THE FLANK WALL AND ALONG THE DOOR OPENINGS OF THE REAR MAIN WALL.
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"THESE CRACKS HAVE OPENED UP RECENTLY, INDICATING UNARRESTED MOVEMENT OF THE FLANK WALL OF THE BUILDING TOWARDS MAN WA LANE. THE BALCONIES IN FRONT ARE ALSO FOUND TO BE VERY DETERIORATED. REINFORCED CONCRETE ELEMENTS ARE BADLY SPALLED, EXPOSING CORRODED STEEL BARS. THERE ARE ALSO SIGNS OF OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF BALCONIES.
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"IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THERE IS A RISK OF COLLAPSE OF THE FLANK WALL AND THE BALCONIES. IT IS, THEREFORE, NECESSARY ΤΟ CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING, MR LAWRENCE ADDED.
A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER IN HONG KONG DISTRICT COURT ON JANUARY 5 NEXT YEAR WAS POSTED ON THE TODAY, (FRIDAY).
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FIREMEN TO DEMONSTRATE AT CAREERS EXHIBITION
FIREMEN WILL PUT UP A
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SERIES OF DEMONSTRATIONS AT CAREERS EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN SHA TIN TOWN HALL ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 8).
THE DEMONSTRATIONS, WHICH WILL BE HELD FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM, WILL INCLUDE JUMPS ONTO AN RESCUE CUSHION, RESCUE OF INJURED PEOPLE FROM HEIGHT AND INJURED PEOPLE TRAPPED UNDER A CAR, AND THE USE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.
AN ASSORTMENT OF FIRE APPLIANCES INCLUDING A TURNABLE LADDER, A HYDRAULIC PLATFORM, AN AMBULANCE, AN AMBULANCE MOTORCYCLE. A MOBILE CASUALTY TREATMENT CENTRE AND A MOBILE COMMAND UNIT WILL BE DISPLAYED.
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