FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1989
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PRE-WAR BUILDINGS AT QUEEN'S ROAD WEST DECLARED DANGEROUS
THE BUILDING AUTHORITY HAS DECLARED NOS. ROAD WEST TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION.
253 ΤΟ 261 QUEEN'S
SAID
IN A STATEMENT ISSUED TODAY (FRIDAY), THE PRINCIPAL
THESE
PRE-WAR THREE-STOREY BUILDING SURVEYOR
ROOFS ON CONSTRUCTED OF TIMBER UPPER FLOORS AND WALLS.
GOVERNMENT
BUILDINGS LOAD-BEARING
WERE BRICK
FOUND ΤΟ BE SOFT GENERALLY, THE BRICKWORK IN THE WALLS WERE
TIMBER FLOOR AND ROOF JOISTS WITH WEAK MORTAR JOINTS. MOST OF THE
ALL THE WERE DEFECTIVE. NUMEROUS, VERTICAL FRACTURES COULD BE SEEN ON MAIN WALLS OF THE BUILDINGS, HE SAID.
ITS
THE SIDE WALL OF NO. 253 WERE FOUND TO BE FONG STREET WHILST
REAR
MAIN WALL
HAD
ALSO
MOVING TOWARDS MUI 50 MOVED ABOUT
FOUND
MILLIMETRES TOWARDS THE REAR.
NEW VERTICAL FRACTURES BETWEEN NOS. 255 AND 257 SUGGESTED RECENT MOVEMENT OF THE BUILDINGS.
AT
THE MIDDLE OF
PARTY
WALL
FLOOR OF NO. FIRST THE BRICK VERANDAH PIER AT THE
COLLAPSE WHICH ALREADY CRASHED AND WAS IN DANGER OF CAUSE A MAJOR COLLAPSE OF THE MAIN BUILDING.
261 HAD IN COULD
TURN
OF DILAPIDATION, DUE TO THE AGE AND THE ADVANCED STAGE
IT REPAIR. BE BEYOND REASONABLE BUILDINGS WERE CONSIDERED TO THEREFORE NECESSARY TO CLOSE THEM FOR DEMOLITION.
THESE WAS
NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS FROM THE
AM ON
YEAR 7 THIS JULY KONG DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 ON THE STRUCTURES TODAY.
HONG WERE POSTED
ILLEGAL STRUCTURES TO BE CLOSED
* * * *
IS то
SEEK THE CLOSURE OF THEY
CERTAIN
CAN
BR
THE BUILDING AUTHORITY ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AT MA TAU WAI ROAD, KOWLOON, SO THAT DEMOLISHED WITHOUT DANGER TO THE OCCUPIERS AND TO THE PUBLIC.
THE STRUCTURES ARE LOCATED AT
FLAT
A, FIRST FLOOR,
BRAEMAR
COURT, 314-318 MA TAU WAI ROAD.
THE CLOSURE IS PART OF AN EXERCISE TO ENFORCE AN UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE ON SEPTEMBER 15 LAST YEAR REQUIRING DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURES.
ORDER
ISSUED
THE
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER FROM THE KONG DISTRICT COURT ON JUNE 7, 1989 WAS POSTED ON A OF THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES TODAY (FRIDAY).
HONG
CONSPICUOUS
PART
IT IS EXPECTED THAT DEMOLITION WORK WILL START ONCE THE CLOSURE ORDER IS OBTAINED.
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