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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1988
IN
LEI CHENG UK
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'ALTHOUGH HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR HAN TOMBS HAVE BEEN UNEARTHED
THE YEARS, THE PEARL RIVER DELTA AREA IN THE PAST 20 TOMB REMAINS THE ONLY HAN TOMB DISCOVERED IN HONG KONG,
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HE ADDED.
THE DECLARATION OF THIS UNIQUE MONUMENT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE PUBLIC-SPIRITED CO-OPERATION OF THE URBAN COUNCIL.
POSSIBLE
UNDER THE AFTER THE DECLARATION, THE TOMB WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADMINISTRATION OF THE HONG KONG MUSEUM
HISTORY WITH SUPERVISION FROM THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE.
CHENG UK TRANSIT RAILWAY AND
LOCATED AT 41 TONKIN STREET IN SHAM SHUI PO, THE LEI BRANCH MUSEUM IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY BOTH MASS BUSES. IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DAILY EXCEPT THURSDAYS.
PRE-WAR BUILDING DECLARED DANGEROUS
THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (FRIDAY) BUILDING AT 269 LAI CHI KOK ROAD, KOWLOON TO CONDITION,
THE
PRINCIPAL
DECLARED A PRE-WAR BE IN A DANGEROUS
GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THE
UPPER FLOORS THREE-STOREY BUILDING WITH TIMBER
AND ROOF ON STONE RUBBLE WALLS WAS IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DILAPIDATION.
"SOME OF THE TIMBER FLOOR AND ROOF JOISTS ARE DECAYED AND PART OF THE ROOF HAS ALREADY COLLAPSED," HE SAID.
"CRACKS AND OPEN JOINTS WERE FOUND AT THE WALLS
OF UNEVEN SETTLEMENT
THE REINFORCED CONCRETE VERANDAH NOTED."
AND
OF SIGNS WERE ALSO
THERE WAS A POTENTIAL DANGER OF FURTHER COLLAPSE AND THAT' THE DILAPIDATED CONDITION OF THIS BUILDING REASONABLE REPAIR.
"IT IS THEREFORE
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DEMOLITION, HE ADDED.
OF THE ROOF BEYOND WAS
NECESSARY ΤΟ CLOSE THE
BUILDING
FOR
A
A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR
CLOSURE ORDER IN HONG KONG DISTRICT COURT ON FEBRUARY 16 NEXT YEAR WAS POSTED TODAY,
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