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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1991
THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHANNELLING PERMIT APPLICANTS THROUGH AUTHORISED AIRLINES WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
REPLACEMENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS MAY ALSO BE SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANTS THEMSELVES OR THROUGH THEIR LOCAL SPONSORS.
"SINGLE JOURNEY PERMITS WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE TO THOSE SOCIAL VISITORS WHO DO NOT NEED MULTIPLE VISIT FACILITIES OR WHO REQUIRE A LONGER PERIOD OF STAY THAN 14 DAYS,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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WORN-OUT BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS * * * * *
DECLARED A BUILDING
THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT 24 SHAU KEI WAN MAIN STREET EAST ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO BE DANGEROUS AND AN ADJACENT BUILDING AT NO. 24A ON THE SAME STREET LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
THE AUTHORITY ALSO DECLARED TWO OTHER BUILDINGS AT ΤΑΙ SAN STREET IN CHEUNG CHAU TO BE DANGEROUS.
IN A STATEMENT ISSUED THIS MORNING, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID NO. 24 IN SHAU KEI WAN MAIN STREET EAST IS A TWO-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDING USED AS A STORE.
IT IS CONSTRUCTED OF MASONRY AND BRICK WALLS WITH A TIMBER FIRST FLOOR AND A METAL PURLIN CORRUGATED SHEET ROOF.
NUMBER 24A ON THE SAME STREET IS A NARROW SINGLE-STOREY STRUCTURE DOMESTICALLY OCCUPIED. IT IS OF THE SAME CONSTRUCTION AS NO. 24. THE STRUCTURE HAS A TIMBER ROOF AND SHARES A COMMON ENCLOSING WALL WITH NO. 24.
INSPECTION OF NO. 24 HAS SHOWN THAT THE ENCLOSING WALLS ARE FRACTURED IN SEVERAL PLACES AND PART OF THE TIMBER FIRST FLOOR HAS COLLAPSED WITH THE REMAINDER IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DECAY. IS ALSO SHOWING SIGNS OF DILAPIDATION.
IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THE BUILDING HAS NOW REACHED AN STATE OF DILAPIDATION AND SHOULD BE CLOSED AND DEMOLISHED DANGEROUS.
THE BUILDING AT NO. 24A IS ALSO HAVING MARKED DILAPIDATION WITH FRACTURED ENCLOSING WALLS. SUCH DEFECTS ENABLE IT TO WITHSTAND THE DEMOLITION OF NO. 24.
THE ROOF
ADVANCED AS BRING
SIGNS OF WILL NOT
THEREFORE, THE BUILDING AT NO. 24A SHOULD BE CLOSED AND
DEMOLISHED.
NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS FROM THE HONG KONG DISTRICT COURT ON MARCH 21, WERE POSTED TODAY ON THE BUILDINGS.
/MEANWHILE, THE
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