23
BE
WISH SUBMITTED
TO
THE BUILDING AUTHORITY ADVISED THAT SHOULD THE OWNERS RE-BUILD THE REAR STAIRCASE, FORMAL APPLICATIONS SHOULD FOR ITS CONSIDERATION.
SAFE
UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL REQUIRED WORKS GENERALLY HAD
SATISFACTORILY SHOULD REMAIN CLOSED.
BEEN
ΤΟ MAKE THE COMPLETED,
THE
BUILDINGS BUILDINGS
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS
IN
HONG KONG
DISTRICT COURT ON FEBRUARY 12, 1991 WAS POSTED TODAY ON THE BUILDINGS.
STATEMENT,
THE
BUILDING PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT IN A SEPARATE
CHOI
A AT TUNG
STREET WAS DANGEROUS BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THE
OF LOADBEARING BRICK AND THREE-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDING CONSTRUCTED MASONRY WALL WITH REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOORS AND BEAMS.
THE BUILDING, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER OBSERVATION SINCE OF BUILDINGS WHICH SHARED THE REMAINING HALF OF A
STAIRCASE.
PAIR
IT WAS NOTED THAT THE BUILDING HAD TILTED TOWARDS NO. CHOI STREET LAST YEAR.
1983, IS A COMMON
66 TUNG
OF
MOVEMENT OF PARTS OF THE RECENT INSPECTIONS INDICATED THAT BUILDING STRUCTURE WAS CONTINUING, WITH PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR ONE THE SUPPORTING PIERS ON THE PAVEMENT WHICH HAD BECOME DISTORTED.
DANGEROUS
IT IS CONSIDERED THEREFORE THAT THE BUILDING IS IN A CONDITION AND, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, SHOULD BE CLOSED AND DEMOLISHED.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER IN DISTRICT COURT ON JANUARY 23, 1991, WAS POSTED TODAY.
HONG KONG
COURT ORDER FOR WINDING-UP OF INSURANCE COMPANY
AN ORDER WAS MADE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE HIGH COURT WINDING-UP OF GRAND UNION GENERAL AND MOTOR INSURANCE COMPANY ("THE COMPANY"), AN INSURER WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY MOTOR VEHICLES INSURANCE BUSINESS.
FOR THE LIMITED
ENGAGED IN WRITING
PRESENTED
THE ORDER WAS MADE FOLLOWING THE WINDING-UP PETITION
AN INSURANCE CLAIMANT ON BY THE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID ON BEHALF OF NOVEMBER 13, 1990.
INSOLVENT
THE GROUND FOR THE PETITION WAS THAT THE COMPANY WAS
AND EQUITABLE THAT AND UNABLE TO PAY ITS DEBTS AND THAT IT WAS JUST THE COMPANY SHOULD BE WOUND UP.
THE PETITION WAS SUPPORTED BY THE INSURANCE AUTHORITY.
/THE OFFICE